Jeremiah 5:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 5:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 5:3 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 5:3 — KJV
“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 (KJV)
Jeremiah 5:3 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 5:3
“And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:3: lord, thine, eyes
“O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:3: lord, thine, hast
“Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:3: lord, thine, hast
“And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:3: lord, eyes, hast
“And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:3: lord, thine, eyes
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