Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity,—That I may pardon her.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Even though they say By the life of Yahweh, Yet in fact falsely, do they swear.
Cross References
Genesis 18:23So then Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou really sweep away, the righteous with the lawless?
1 Kings 19:10And he said—Very jealous, have I been, for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thine altars, have they thrown down, thy prophets, also have they slain with the sword,—and, I alone, am left, and they have sought my life, to take it.
Psalms 12:1O save Yahweh, for the man of lovingkindness, is no more, for the faithful, have vanished, from among the sons of men.
Psalms 14:3The whole, have turned aside, Together have they become tainted,—There is none that doeth good, not so much as, one!
Psalms 94:16Who will rise up for me, against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity?
Proverbs 8:3Beside the gates, at the entrance of the city,—at the going in of the openings, she shouteth:—
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 →