Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye through the streets of Jerusalem, [[saith Jehovah,]] And see now, and know, and seek in her broad places If ye can find a single man, If there be one that doeth justice, That seeketh uprightness, And I will forgive her.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Yea, though they say, “As Jehovah liveth!” Yet do they swear falsely.

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Cross References

Psalms 12:1“For the leader of the music; to the octave. A psalm of David.” Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.

Psalms 14:3They are all gone out of the way; together are they corrupt; There is none that doeth good—no, not one.

Psalms 94:16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

Proverbs 8:3By the side of the gates, In the entrance of the city, In the approaches to the doors, she crieth aloud.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:1

Reproof for sin and threatenings of judgment are intermixed in this chapter, and are set the one over against the other: judgments are threatened, that the reproofs of sin might be the more effectual to bring them to repentance; sin is discovered, that God might be justified in the judgments threatened. I. The sins they are charged with are very great:—Injustice ( ver. 1 ), hypocrisy in religion ( ver. 2 ), incorrigibleness ( ver. 3 ), the corruption and debauchery of both poor and rich ( ver. 7, 8 ), treacherous… Read the whole commentary →

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