Jer 5:1-5 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem , And look now and take note . And seek in her open squares , If you can find a man , If there is one who does justice , who seeks truth , Then I will pardon her.

Jeremiah 5:1-5

1 ^a“Roam 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 ^{▼▼ Lit faithfulness}truth,
Then I will pardon her.
2 “And ^ealthough they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’
Surely they swear falsely.”
3 O Lord, do not ^fYour eyes look for ^{▼▼ Lit faithfulness}truth?
You have ^hsmitten them,
But they did not ^{▼▼ Or become sick}weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they ^jrefused to take correction.
They have ^kmade their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

4 Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they ^ldo 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 ^mthey know the way of the Lord
And the ordinance of their God.”
But they too, with one accord, have ⁿbroken the yoke
And burst the bonds.