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A Dialogue about Righteousness: The Lord Speaks

“Wander through the streets of Jerusalem.

Look and investigate;[a]
search through her squares
    and see whether you find anyone—
even one person there—doing justice and seeking truth.
    Then I’ll forgive them.[b]
Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’
    still they are swearing falsely.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:1 Lit. know
  2. Jeremiah 5:1 Lit. her; i.e. Judah
  3. Jeremiah 5:2 Or swearing to false gods