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You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> LORD, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a> O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a> O LORD, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> LORD, do Your eyes not look for honesty? You have struck them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You have smitten them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> O LORD, do not Thine eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, But they did not weaken; Thou hast consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> O Yahweh, do not Your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to receive discipline. They have made their faces stronger than rock; They have refused to repent. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction or instruction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent and return to You. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> LORD, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> LORD, don&#8217t Your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I answered, "I know that you look for truth. You punished your people for their lies, but in spite of the pain, they became more stubborn and refused to turn back to you." <a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> LORD, your eyes look for the truth. You strike these people, but they don't feel it. You crush them, but they refuse to be corrected. They are more stubborn than rocks. They refuse to turn back. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> Surely the LORD looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. <a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a> LORD, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> O LORD, do your eyes not look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> O LORD, are not thy eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. <a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a> O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> YHWH, Your eyes, are they not on steadfastness? You have struck them, and they have not grieved, "" You have consumed them, "" They have refused to receive instruction, "" They made their faces harder than a rock, "" They have refused to turn back. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> O Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon faithfulness? thou didst smite them, and they were not pained; thou didst consume them, they refused to take instruction: they made their faces firm above the rock; they refused to turn back.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> O Lord, your eyes look with favor upon faith. You have struck them, and they have not grieved. You have bruised them, and they have refused to accept discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, and they are not willing to return. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a> LORD, do your eyes not search for honesty? You struck them, but they did not flinch; you laid them low, but they refused correction; They set their faces harder than stone, and refused to return. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> O LORD, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> O LORD, thine eyes are upon the truth; thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to repent. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> LORD JEHOVAH, your eyes on the faith, you have struck them, and they have not grieved. You have wasted them and they have not chosen to receive instruction. They hardened their faces more than stone and they have not chosen to return to God<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they were not affected; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; They have made their faces harder than a rock; They have refused to return. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1377" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">No One is Just</a> …2Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.” 3<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·ne·ḵā (N-cdc:: 2ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">Your eyes look</a> <a href="/hebrew/530.htm" title="530: le·’ĕ·mū·nāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) --); or (shortened) >emunah feminine of 'emuwn; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity.">for truth?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hik·kî·ṯāh (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">You struck them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but they felt no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: ḥā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">pain.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kil·lî·ṯām (V-Piel-Perf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">You finished them off,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3985.htm" title="3985: mê·’ă·nū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To refuse. A primitive root; to refuse.">but they refused</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qa·ḥaṯ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">to accept</a> <a href="/hebrew/4148.htm" title="4148: mū·sār (N-ms) -- Discipline, chastening, correction. From yacar; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint.">discipline.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: p̄ə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">They have made their faces</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: ḥiz·zə·qū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">harder</a> <a href="/hebrew/5553.htm" title="5553: mis·se·la‘ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A crag, cliff. From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively.">than stone</a> <a href="/hebrew/3985.htm" title="3985: mê·’ă·nū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- To refuse. A primitive root; to refuse.">and refused</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: lā·šūḇ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">to repent.</a> 4Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5-6</a> Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-11</a> “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ... <a href="/zephaniah/3-2.htm">Zephaniah 3:2</a> She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. <a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm">Ezekiel 22:24-30</a> “Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’ / The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. / Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13</a> But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/hosea/7-10.htm">Hosea 7:10</a> Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him. <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Psalm 78:34-37</a> When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. / And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. / But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. ... <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a> Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-10</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... <a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Revelation 2:21</a> Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>O LORD, are not your eyes on the truth? you have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.are not thine.<a href="/jeremiah/32-19.htm">Jeremiah 32:19</a> Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:<a href="/2_chronicles/16-9.htm">2 Chronicles 16:9</a> For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.<a href="/psalms/11-4.htm">Psalm 11:4-7</a> The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men… thou hast stricken.<a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Jeremiah 2:30</a> In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.<a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28</a> But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.<a href="/2_chronicles/28-22.htm">2 Chronicles 28:22</a> And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.they have made.<a href="/proverbs/21-29.htm">Proverbs 21:29</a> A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.<a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm">Isaiah 48:4</a> Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;<a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7-9</a> But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm">Affected</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Felt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Good</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-12.htm">Harder</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Refused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-4.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Weaken</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/lamentations/3-51.htm">Affected</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-21.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-19.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-21.htm">Felt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-9.htm">Harder</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-9.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Refused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-4.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Stricken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-4.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/romans/4-19.htm">Weaken</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a> 25. <a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a> 30. <a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase emphasizes God's omniscience and His desire for truth and righteousness among His people. In the biblical context, God is portrayed as one who searches the hearts and minds of individuals (<a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a>). The question implies that God is actively seeking truth, yet finding it lacking in Judah. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's justice and His requirement for His people to live in truth (<a href="/psalms/51-6.htm">Psalm 51:6</a>).You struck them, but they felt no pain. Here, the imagery of divine discipline is evident. Despite God's corrective actions, the people of Judah remain unresponsive. This can be compared to the plagues in Egypt, where Pharaoh's heart was hardened despite the clear signs of God's power (Exodus 7-11). The lack of pain signifies a spiritual numbness or insensitivity to God's chastisement, highlighting the depth of their rebellion.You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. This phrase suggests that God has brought severe consequences upon the people, yet they remain obstinate. Historically, this could refer to the various calamities that befell Judah, such as invasions and famines, which were intended as calls to repentance. The refusal to accept discipline is a recurring theme in the prophets, where the people ignore God's warnings (<a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5</a>).They have made their faces harder than stone The metaphor of hardened faces indicates a stubborn and unyielding attitude. In biblical symbolism, a hard heart or face often represents resistance to God's will (<a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7-9</a>). This imagery is used to convey the people's determination to persist in their sinful ways, despite the consequences.and refused to repent. Repentance is a central theme in the prophetic books, calling for a return to covenant faithfulness. The refusal to repent underscores the people's rebellion and the seriousness of their sin. This connects to the broader biblical narrative where repentance is necessary for restoration and forgiveness (<a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>). The call to repentance is also a precursor to the message of John the Baptist and Jesus, who both preached repentance as essential for entering the Kingdom of God (<a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2, 4</a>:17).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his unwavering commitment to God's truth. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing imminent judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed primarily at this kingdom. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is portrayed as seeking truth and righteousness among His people. His actions of striking and consuming are expressions of His justice and desire for repentance. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The recipients of God's discipline, who are described as having hardened their hearts and refused to repent despite God's corrective actions. 5. <a href="/topical/r/repentance.htm">Repentance</a> A central theme in Jeremiah's message, highlighting the need for the people to turn back to God in humility and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_pursuit_of_truth.htm">God's Pursuit of Truth</a> God actively seeks truth and righteousness among His people. Believers are called to live lives of integrity and honesty, aligning their actions with God's standards. <a href="/topical/t/the_purpose_of_discipline.htm">The Purpose of Discipline</a> God's discipline is meant to correct and guide His people back to Him. It is an expression of His love and desire for their spiritual growth and well-being. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Danger of Hardness of Heart</a> A hardened heart resists God's correction and leads to spiritual stagnation. Believers must remain open and responsive to God's leading and correction. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Repentance is a continual process of turning away from sin and turning towards God. It requires humility and a willingness to change. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_refusal.htm">The Consequences of Refusal</a> Ignoring God's discipline can lead to further spiritual decline and separation from His blessings. Believers are encouraged to heed God's warnings and embrace His guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 5</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_27_stress_obeying_babylon.htm">Why does the text in Jeremiah 27 emphasize obedience to Babylon's rule if rabbinic and later Christian teachings stress allegiance to God above earthly powers?</a> <a href="/q/does_god's_judgment_on_'bad_figs'_conflict.htm">Jeremiah 24:8 – Does God’s severe judgment on the “bad figs” conflict with the idea of a just and loving deity who offers redemption to all? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_lam_5_19_reconcile_divine_absence.htm">Lamentations 5:19 affirms God's eternal rule--how is this reconcilable with apparent divine absence in the face of the city's ruin?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_'tear'_then_heal_in_hosea_6_1.htm">In Hosea 6:1, how does a benevolent God justify first 'tearing' His people only to heal them, and isn't this contradictory?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Upon the truth.--The Hebrew word, which has no article, implies truth in the inward parts, faithfulness, as well as truth in words. The "eyes" of God looked for this, and He found the temper that hardens itself against discipline, and refuses to repent.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - Are not thine eyes upon the truth? rather, surely thine eyes are upon (equivalent to thou lookest for and demandest) good faith, alluding to ver. 1. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>O LORD, יְהֹוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel do not הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no Your eyes [look] עֵינֶיךָ֮ (‘ê·ne·ḵā) Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain for truth? לֶאֱמוּנָה֒ (le·’ĕ·mū·nāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_530.htm">Strong's 530: </a> Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity You struck them, הִכִּ֤יתָה (hik·kî·ṯāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> To strike but they felt no וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no pain. חָ֔לוּ (ḥā·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert You finished them off, כִּלִּיתָ֕ם (kil·lî·ṯām) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent but they refused מֵאֲנ֖וּ (mê·’ă·nū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3985.htm">Strong's 3985: </a> To refuse to accept קַ֣חַת (qa·ḥaṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take discipline. מוּסָ֑ר (mū·sār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4148.htm">Strong's 4148: </a> Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint They have made their faces פְנֵיהֶם֙ (p̄ə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face harder חִזְּק֤וּ (ḥiz·zə·qū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer than stone מִסֶּ֔לַע (mis·se·la‘) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5553.htm">Strong's 5553: </a> A craggy rock and refused מֵאֲנ֖וּ (mê·’ă·nū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3985.htm">Strong's 3985: </a> To refuse to repent. לָשֽׁוּב׃ (lā·šūḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:3 O Yahweh don't your eyes look (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>