Jeremiah 5:1–5

Jerusalem’s Godlessness

1 “aRoam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,

And look now and take note.

And seek in her open squares,

If you can bfind a man,

cIf there is one who does justice, who seeks 1truth,

Then I will pardon her.

2 “And aalthough they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’

Surely they swear falsely.”

3 O Lord, do not aYour eyes look for 1truth?

You have bsmitten them,

But they did not 2weaken;

You have consumed them,

But they crefused to take correction.

They have dmade their faces harder than rock;

They have refused to repent.

4 Then I said, “They are only the poor,

They are foolish;

For they ado not know the way of the Lord

Or the ordinance of their God.

5 “I will go to the great

And will speak to them,

For athey know the way of the Lord

And the ordinance of their God.”

But they too, with one accord, have bbroken the yoke

And burst the bonds.