Jer 5:1 | MHM | STEP | The Universal Corruption to the Age. This section describes the deep moral and spiritual corruption in Jerusalem. God challenges anyone to find even one truly honest and just person in the city. Jeremiah shows that both the poor and the wealthy are guilty of sin. Their sins include dishonesty, idolatry, and immorality. Because of this, God’s judgment is about to fall on the nation. The prophet makes it clear that God is just in punishing such a wicked people, and that national sins bring national consequences. v. 1 : God tells the people to search Jerusalem for a truly righteous and honest person—someone who does what is right and speaks the truth. Even if there were only one such person, God would pardon the city. But the people only pretend to be religious and are not sincere. They say, “The Lord lives,” but they swear falsely. Their words do not match their actions (Jeremiah 5:1; Micah 7:1

‏ Jeremiah 5:1

The Universal Corruption to the Age.

This section describes the deep moral and spiritual corruption in Jerusalem. God challenges anyone to find even one truly honest and just person in the city. Jeremiah shows that both the poor and the wealthy are guilty of sin. Their sins include dishonesty, idolatry, and immorality. Because of this, God’s judgment is about to fall on the nation. The prophet makes it clear that God is just in punishing such a wicked people, and that national sins bring national consequences.

v. 1: God tells the people to search Jerusalem for a truly righteous and honest person—someone who does what is right and speaks the truth. Even if there were only one such person, God would pardon the city. But the people only pretend to be religious and are not sincere. They say, “The Lord lives,” but they swear falsely. Their words do not match their actions (Jeremiah 5:1; Micah 7:1–2 ^a; Psalm 12:1 ^b).