Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
2The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?
Cross References
Leviticus 26:23And if hereupon ye are not corrected, but walk perversely toward me,
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this thou hast done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with thee.
Psalms 11:4Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, 1 And the tongue that speaks great words: 1
Psalms 51:8And the righteous shall see, and fear, 1 And shall laugh at him, and say, 1
Proverbs 21:29An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; 1 But the upright man himself understands his ways. 1
Proverbs 23:35And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; 1 And they mocked me, and I knew it not: 1 When will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?
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 →