1 In Judah no righteous man is found, neither among the people nor the rulers. 15 Wherefore Judah is destroyed of the Chaldeans.

Run to and fro by the streets of Jerusalem, and behold now, and know, and inquire in the open places thereof, if ye can find a man, or if there be any that executeth judgment, and seeketh the truth, and I will spare [a]it.

For though they say, The [b]Lord liveth, yet do they swear falsely.

O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the [c]truth? thou hast [d]stricken them, but they have not sorrowed: thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a stone, and have refused to return.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:1 That is, the city.
  2. Jeremiah 5:2 Though they pretend religion and holiness, yet all is but hypocrisy: for under this kind of swearing is contained the true religion.
  3. Jeremiah 5:3 Dost not thou love uprightness and faithful dealing?
  4. Jeremiah 5:3 Thou hast ofttimes punished them, but all is in vain, Isa. 9:13.

Not One Is Upright

“Go up and down(A) the streets of Jerusalem,
    look around and consider,(B)
    search through her squares.
If you can find but one person(C)
    who deals honestly(D) and seeks the truth,
    I will forgive(E) this city.
Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(F)
    still they are swearing falsely.(G)

Lord, do not your eyes(H) look for truth?
    You struck(I) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(J)
They made their faces harder than stone(K)
    and refused to repent.(L)

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