Focused Passage

Jeremiah 5:18-19

Search Jerusalem: No Truth, No Justice, and No Fear of the LORD

The chapter moves from a citywide search for one just and truthful person, to the exposure of stubborn rebellion among poor and great alike, to the announcement of enemy judgment, to charges of unbelief and false prophecy, to creation-based rebuke for lacking fear of the LORD, and finally to social injustice, leadership corruption, and the terrifying fact that the people love it so.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

19 And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”

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References and Original Words

Verse 18

Cross-references

Jeremiah 4:27 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 30:11 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 5:10 Classic cross-references Nehemiah 9:31 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 20:17 Classic cross-references

Original words

Yet even וְגַ֛ם H1571 Conjunction in those הָהֵ֖מָּה H1992 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural days בַּיָּמִ֥ים H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהֹוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular I will not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle make אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular a full end כָּלָֽה׃ H3617 Noun - masculine singular of you אִתְּכֶ֖ם H854 Preposition | second person masculine plural

Verse 19

Cross-references

1 Kings 9:8 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:47 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 22:8 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 13:22 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 16:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

And וְהָיָה֙ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular when כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction the people ask תֹאמְר֔וּ H559 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural For תַּ֣חַת H8478 Preposition what מֶ֗ה H4100 Interrogative offense has the LORD יְהֹוָ֧ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular our God אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker done עָשָׂ֨ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct these things to us אֵ֑לֶּה H428 Pronoun - common plural You are to tell וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular them אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם H413 Preposition | third person masculine plural Just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative you have forsaken עֲזַבְתֶּ֤ם H5800 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Me אוֹתִי֙ H853 Direct object marker | first person common singular and served וַתַּעַבְד֞וּ H5647 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural foreign נֵכָר֙ H5236 Noun - masculine singular gods אֱלֹהֵ֤י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct in your land בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔ם H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural so כֵּ֚ן H3651 Adverb will you serve תַּעַבְד֣וּ H5647 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural foreigners זָרִ֔ים H2114 Adjective - masculine plural in a land בְּאֶ֖רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular that is not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle your own לָכֶֽם׃ס Preposition | second person masculine plural

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