Bible Chapter Summary
Jeremiah 5 Summary
Search for Righteous Man and Judgment
The Lord asks Jeremiah to search Jerusalem's streets for even one man who executes judgment and seeks truth, promising pardon for the whole city if such a man is found. Though the people claim to swear by the Lord, they have broken His yoke and burst His bonds. The Lord declares He will send a nation from far away, mighty and ancient, whose quiver is like an open sepulchre, to devour Israel's harvests, flocks, and break down their fenced cities. Yet the Lord promises not to make a full end with them in those days, and warns that their iniquities have turned away rain and their sins have withheld good things.
Key themes
Key verses
Jeremiah 5:1
“Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.”
Jeremiah 5:6
“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.”
Jeremiah 5:15
“Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.”
Jeremiah 5:24
“Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
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