Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 5:3

A church father on this verse
“"Lord," he says, "your eyes are toward faithfulness," just as "the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous," for he turns them away from the unrighteous; so too the eyes of the Lord are toward faithfulness, for he turns them away from faithlessness. Therefore it is well said, by one who understands what he is saying i…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 6

Source: Septuagint

Original

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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In context

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.

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

— Jeremiah 5:3 —

4Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God.

5I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.

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