Jeremiah 5:3
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.”Jeremiah 5:3
What Does Jeremiah 5:3 Mean?
Jeremiah 5:3 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 5, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Repentance, Doubt, and Truth.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 5:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 48:4“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”Hosea 4:6“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”Psalms 51:6“Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.”Proverbs 27:22“Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.”Amos 4:6“And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.”Zephaniah 3:2“She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.”Leviticus 26:23“And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;”Proverbs 23:35“They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.”Jeremiah 8:5“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”Revelation 16:9“And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.”Judges 4:1“And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.”Isaiah 1:5“Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.”Isaiah 9:13“For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.”Jeremiah 2:30“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.”Jeremiah 7:28“But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.”Jeremiah 13:23“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”Jeremiah 15:7“And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.”2 Chronicles 16:9“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”Jeremiah 35:13“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.”Ezekiel 24:12“She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.”
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