Run through the streets of Jerusalem and see, Jehovah says, whether one man can be found that does justly and seeks truth: the city would be pardoned for his sake.

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Run through the streets of Jerusalem and see, Jehovah says, whether one man can be found that does justly and seeks truth: the city would be pardoned for his sake. The great men have broken the yoke as thoroughly as the poor. Therefore a lion out of the forest, a wolf of the evenings. God who set the sand as the bound of the sea, which it cannot pass, is defied by a people with a revolting heart. The chapter ends with the book's sharpest verdict on religious leadership: 'the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so' (5:30-31).

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Jeremiah — Jeremiah overview

A. 1–9 Run Through Jerusalem and Find One Man Who Does Justice
B. 10–19 My Words Made Fire in Thy Mouth; a Nation from Afar
C. 20–31 Sand Bounds the Sea, but This People Has a Revolting Heart

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Jeremiah 44 verses
- Jeremiah 4:2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
- Jeremiah 4:7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 4:16Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 4:27For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
- Read Jeremiah 4 →
Jeremiah 54 verses
- Jeremiah 5:9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 5:10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.
- Jeremiah 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Read Jeremiah 5 →
Jeremiah 143 verses
- Jeremiah 14:13Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
- Jeremiah 14:14Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
- Jeremiah 14:15Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
- Read Jeremiah 14 →
Deuteronomy 283 verses
- Deuteronomy 28:33The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
- Deuteronomy 28:47Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
- Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Read Deuteronomy 28 →

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Ezekiel 222 verses
- Ezekiel 22:2Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
- Ezekiel 22:30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
- Read Ezekiel 22 →
Jeremiah 22 verses
- Jeremiah 2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
- Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Read Jeremiah 2 →
Deuteronomy 322 verses
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Deuteronomy 32:21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- Read Deuteronomy 32 →
Isaiah 12 verses
- Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
- Read Isaiah 1 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.