Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thy eyes [directed] to the truth? thou didst strike them, but they felt it not; thou didst make an end of them, [yet] they refused to accept correction: they made their faces harder than a rock, they refused to return.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2And though they say, “As the Lord liveth!” surely they only swear to a falsehood.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:23And if notwithstanding these things ye will not be reformed by me, and walk contrary unto me:
2 Chronicles 16:9For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee.
Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord hath his throne in the heavens, his eyes behold, his eyelids prove, the children of men.
Psalms 51:8(51:10) Cause me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast crushed may rejoice.
Proverbs 21:29A wicked man showeth impudence in his face; but as for the upright, he will consider well his way.
Proverbs 23:35“They smote me, [but] I suffered no pain; they struck me hard, [but] I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will continue to seek it again.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:2-10
The Universal Corruption to the Age. ( b. c. 608.) 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Lord , are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have… Read the whole commentary →