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“Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem,
    and look please, and take note,
and search at its public squares,
    if you can find a person who does justice,
who seeks honesty,
    so that I may forgive it.
And though they say, ‘As Yahweh lives,’[a]
    therefore[b] they swear falsely.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:2 Literally “Life of Yahweh”
  2. Jeremiah 5:2 Literally “to thus”

The Depravity of Jerusalem

Roam(A) through the streets of Jerusalem.
Investigate;[a]
search in her squares.
If you find one person,(B)
any who acts justly,
who pursues faithfulness,
then I will forgive her.(C)
When they say, “As the Lord lives,”(D)
they are swearing falsely.(E)

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  1. 5:1 Lit See and know