UYeremiya 5:1

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

1 Zityhutyheni izitrato zaseYerusalem; khanikhangele, nazi, nifune ezindaweni zayo zembutho, ukuba nomfumana na umntu, ukuba ukho na umntu owenza ngokusesikweni, ofuna ukunyanisa: ndoyixolela.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Run ye: 2 Chronicles 16:9, Daniel 12:4, Joel 2:9, Amos 8:12, Zechariah 2:4

seek: Proverbs 8:3, Song of Solomon 3:2, Luke 14:21

if ye can: 1 Kings 19:10, Proverbs 20:6, Ezekiel 22:30

if there: Genesis 18:23-32, Psalms 12:1, Psalms 14:3, Psalms 53:2-4, Micah 7:1, Micah 7:2

that seeketh: Proverbs 2:4-6, Proverbs 23:23, Isaiah 59:4, Isaiah 59:14, Isaiah 59:15, 2 Thessalonians 2:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:24 - there Genesis 18:26 - General Genesis 19:4 - all Exodus 18:21 - men Job 22:30 - He shall deliver the island of the innocent Psalms 60:4 - because Psalms 94:16 - rise up Psalms 106:23 - stood Proverbs 28:12 - hidden Isaiah 9:17 - for every Isaiah 50:2 - when I came Isaiah 59:8 - no Isaiah 59:16 - he saw Jeremiah 2:29 - ye all have Jeremiah 7:28 - truth Jeremiah 8:6 - no Jeremiah 20:8 - I cried Jeremiah 44:15 - all the Ezekiel 9:9 - The iniquity Ezekiel 33:29 - because Ezekiel 34:6 - and none Hosea 4:2 - swearing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 way of judgment with the people of the Jews; these he would have go through the whole city of Jerusalem, every street of it, and that backwards and forwards, not once only, but over and over again:

and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof; where there is commonly the greatest concourse of people; here he would have them look out diligently, observe and take cognizance of the persons they should meet with in such places:

if ye can find a man; that is, as the Targum adds, whose works are good, and as it is afterwards explained; for as yet the city was not desolate, so as that there was no man dwelling in it, as it was foretold it should be, Jeremiah 4:25. It is reported o of Diogenes, the Cynic philosopher, that he lighted up a candle in the daytime, and went through the streets with it; and, being asked the reason of it, said, I seek a man; that is, a man of virtue, honour, and honesty; by which he would be understood, that such were very rare: and so it follows,

if there be any that executeth judgment; in the public courts of judicature; or in private, between man and man:

that seeketh the truth; of doctrine and worship, that seeks to speak it, and maintain it; who is true to his word, and faithful to his promises; but was not one such to be found? were there not the Prophet Jeremiah, and Baruch, and some others? the answer of Kimchi's father is, that such were not to be found in the streets and broad places, where the direction is to seek, because such were hidden in their own houses for fear of wicked men; others think that the meaning is, that there were none to be found to make up the hedge, or stand in the gap for the land, and to intercede for them, as in Ezekiel 22:30, and others are of opinion that the Lord speaks of men in public offices, as judges, priests, and prophets, who were grown so corrupt, as that a good man was not to be found among them: but it seems rather to design the body of the people, and the sense to be, that an upright faithful man was rare to be found; and that, could there be found but a few of that sort, the Lord would spare the city for their sake, as in the case of Sodom, Genesis 18:32 and so it follows,

and I will pardon it; the city of Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it; so the Targum, Septuagint, and Arabic versions render it, "them".

o Laert. Vit. Philosoph. l. 6. p. 350.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Jeremiah 5:3).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER V

The prophet, having described the judgments impending over his

countrymen, enlarges on the corruptions which prevailed among

them. Their profession of religion was all false and

hypocritical, 1, 2.

Though corrected, they were not amended, but persisted in their

guilt, 3.

This was not the case with the low and ignorant only, 4;

but more egregiously so with those of the higher order, from

whose knowledge and opportunities better things might have been

expected, 5.

God therefore threatens them with the most cruel enemies, 6;

and appeals to themselves if they should be permitted to

practise such sins unpunished, 7-9.

He then commands their enemies to raze the walls of Jerusalem,

10;

that devoted city whose inhabitants added to all their other

sins the highest contempt of God's word and prophets, 11-13.

Wherefore his word, in the mouth of his prophet, shall be as

fire to consume them, 14;

the Chaldean forces shall cruelly addict them, 15-17;

and farther judgments await then as the consequence of their

apostasy and idolatry, 18, 19.

The chapter closes with a most melancholy picture of the moral

condition of the Jewish people at that period which immediately

preceded the Babylonish captivity, 20-31.

NOTES ON CHAP. V

Verse Jeremiah 5:1. Broad places — Market-places, and those where there was most public resort.

If ye can find a man — A certain philosopher went through the streets of Athens with a lighted lamp in his hand; and being asked what he sought, answered, "I am seeking to find a MAN." So in Jerusalem none was found, on the most diligent search, who acted worthy the character of a rational being.

I will pardon it. — I will spare the city for the sake of one righteous person. So at the intercession of Abraham, God would have spared Sodom if there had been ten righteous persons found in it; Genesis 18:26.