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Jeremiah 5:1

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,.... These are the words of the Lord, not to the prophet only, but to any other, who thought fit to look into the reasons of the Lord's dealing in a…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The broad places - The open spaces next the gates, and other places of concourse. A man - Or, anyone. That executeth - “That” practiceth. Truth - uprightness, probity (so in Jer 5:3).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 5:1-9

Here is, I. A challenge to produce any one right honest man, or at least any considerable number of such, in Jerusalem, Jer 5:1. Jerusalem had become like the old world, in which all flesh had…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Run ye to and fro The prophet challenges his hearers to find a single righteous man by a thorough and extensive search. Cp. Gen 18:23-33. The little good that was left in the land was driven out of…