Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 5

98 catchwords958 parallels

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Jeremiah 5 . 1 , The judgments of God upon the Jews , for their per#### Verseness; Jeremiah 5 . 7 , for their adultery; Jeremiah 5 . 10 , for their impiety; Jeremiah 5 . 15 , for their worship of idols; Jeremiah 5 . 19 , for their contempt of God; Jeremiah 5 . 25 , and for their great corruption in the civil state; Jeremiah 5 . 30 , and ecclesiastical.

Jeremiah 5:1

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Jeremiah 5:1 · BSB

Run ye5 parallels

seek3 parallels

if ye can3 parallels

if there6 parallels

that seeketh6 parallels

Reciprocal22 parallels

Jeremiah 5:2

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

Jeremiah 5:2 · BSB

though14 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

are not thine6 parallels

thou hast stricken13 parallels

they have made8 parallels

Reciprocal42 parallels

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 5:4 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Jeremiah 5:5 · BSB

get me3 parallels

but these16 parallels

Reciprocal25 parallels

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

Jeremiah 5:6 · BSB

a lion13 parallels

and a wolf4 parallels

a leopard3 parallels

because13 parallels

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evenings or , deserts

increased Heb. strong

Jeremiah 5:7

“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

Jeremiah 5:7 · BSB

How shall4 parallels

sworn by5 parallels

no gods4 parallels

I had fed6 parallels

they then16 parallels

by troops1 parallel

Reciprocal11 parallels

Jeremiah 5:8

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Jeremiah 5:8 · BSB

every one10 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:9

Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 5:9 · BSB

I not visit6 parallels

and shall8 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:10

Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:10 · BSB

ye up11 parallels

but make6 parallels

they are not4 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

Jeremiah 5:11

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:11 · BSB

the house5 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:12

They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

Jeremiah 5:12 · BSB

have belied20 parallels

neither5 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Jeremiah 5:13

The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”

Jeremiah 5:13 · BSB

the prophets8 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:14

Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.

Jeremiah 5:14 · BSB

I will make8 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:15

Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

Jeremiah 5:15 · BSB

I will8 parallels

O house7 parallels

a mighty4 parallels

a nation3 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

Jeremiah 5:16

Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.

Jeremiah 5:16 · BSB

the whole verse3 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:17

They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

Jeremiah 5:17 · BSB

And they10 parallels

they shall impoverish6 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:18

“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

Jeremiah 5:18 · BSB

I will not make5 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:19

And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”

Jeremiah 5:19 · BSB

Wherefore10 parallels

Like as5 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Jeremiah 5:20

Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

Jeremiah 5:20 · BSB

Reciprocal2 parallels

Jeremiah 5:21

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Jeremiah 5:21 · BSB

O foolish16 parallels

understanding2 parallels

Heb. heart

Reciprocal17 parallels

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

Jeremiah 5:22 · BSB

Fear ye not6 parallels

tremble4 parallels

placed12 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:23

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.

Jeremiah 5:23 · BSB

a revolting9 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:24

They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

Jeremiah 5:24 · BSB

Let us now5 parallels

that giveth19 parallels

the appointed1 parallel

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Jeremiah 5:25

Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

Jeremiah 5:25 · BSB

the whole verse8 parallels

Jeremiah 2 . 17-19

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Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

Jeremiah 5:26 · BSB

For3 parallels

lay wait11 parallels

or , pry as fowlers lie in wait

catch1 parallel

Reciprocal19 parallels

Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 5:27 · BSB

cage1 parallel

or , coop , This is , without doubt , a reference to a decoy or trap-cage , as Dr. Blayney renders; in which fowlers place several tame birds , to decoy the others into the snare prepared for them

so are8 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 5:28 · BSB

waxen12 parallels

overpass5 parallels

judge6 parallels

yet3 parallels

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Jeremiah 5:29

Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 5:29 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Jeremiah 5:30

A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

Jeremiah 5:30 · BSB

A wonderful and horrible thing4 parallels

or , Astonishment and filthiness

Reciprocal5 parallels

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

prophets10 parallels

my people8 parallels

and what12 parallels

Reciprocal67 parallels

bear rule or , take into their hands

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Mark 8:18 → Jeremiah 5:21, Jeremiah 5:21 → Isaiah 6:9-10
Chiasms
Shaped Jeremiah 5:1–8, Jeremiah 5:20–24
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