Jeremiah 5:1-3

EasyEnglish Bible

‘Run along all the streets of Jerusalem.
    Look carefully all around you.
    Look in all the public places of the city.
Try to find one person who is honest.
    Try to find one person who wants to know the truth.
If you find one person like that,
    I will forgive all the people in the city.
² They make promises and they say,
    “I will do it, as surely as the Lord lives.”
But what they say is all lies.’

³ Lord, you want people to be honest and true.
You have punished your people,
    but they did not feel any pain.
You nearly destroyed them,
    but they still refuse to change.
Their minds have become as hard as rock.
    They refuse to turn back to you.