Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 5:1

A church father on this verse
“After the address of the Lord in which he commanded, "go throughout Jerusalem," and so on, the prophet addresses the Lord in return: "Lord, your eyes look for faith," which is ʾemûnā in Hebrew, referring not to the works of the Jews, in which they exulted according to ceremonies of the law, but to the faith of Christi…”
Jerome, 5th c. — SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 1:93.1-2

Source: Septuagint

Original

1Run ye about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if ye can find one, if there is anyone that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, saith the Lord.

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In context

— Jeremiah 5:1 —

2The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?

3O 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.

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