Roam the streets of Jerusalem,Search its squares,Look about and take note:You will not find anyone engaged;aanyone engaged Conscientiously, as a covenant partner. There is no one who acts justly,Who seeks integrity—That I should pardon her.
Word-by-Word Analysis
שוטטו
330
בחוצות
512
ירושלם
586
וראונא
264
ודעו
86
ובקשו
414
ברחובותיה
639
אםתמצאו
578
איש
311
אםיש
351
עשה
375
משפט
429
מבקש
442
אמונה
102
ואסלח
105
לה
35
Jeremiah 5:2
Gematria: 1466
ואםחייהוהיאמרולכןלשקרישבעו
Even when they say, “As GOD lives,”They are sure to be swearing falsely.
O ETERNAL One, Your eyes look for integrity.You have struck them, but they sensed no pain;You have consumed them, but they would accept no discipline.They made their faces harder than rock,They refused to turn back.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יהוה
26
עיניך
160
הלוא
42
לאמונה
132
הכיתה
440
אתם
441
ולאחלו
81
כליתם
500
מאנו
97
קחת
508
מוסר
306
חזקו
121
פניהם
185
מסלע
200
מאנו
97
לשוב
338
Jeremiah 5:4
Gematria: 1882
ואניאמרתיאךדליםהםנואלוכילאידעודרךיהוהמשפטאלהיהם
Then I thought: These are just poor folk;They act foolishly;For they do not know the way of GOD,The rules of their God.
So I will go to the wealthyAnd speak with them:Surely they know the way of GOD,The rules of their God.But they as well had broken the yoke,Had snapped the bonds.
Therefore,The lion of the forest strikes them down,The wolf of the desert ravages them.A leopard lies in wait by their towns;Whoever leaves them will be torn in pieces.For their transgressions are many,Their rebellious acts unnumbered.
Why should I forgive you?Your children have forsaken MeAnd sworn by no-gods.When I fed them their fill,They committed adulteryAnd went trooping to the prostitute’s house.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אי
11
לזאת
438
אסלוח
105
אסלחלך
149
בניך
82
עזבוני
145
וישבעו
394
בלא
33
אלהים
86
ואשבע
379
אותם
447
וינאפו
153
ובית
418
זונה
68
יתגודדו
433
Jeremiah 5:8
Gematria: 2229
סוסיםמיזניםמשכיםהיואישאלאשתרעהויצהלו
They were well-fed, lustybwell-fed, lusty Meaning of Heb. uncertain. stallions,Each neighing at another’s wife.
Word-by-Word Analysis
סוסים
176
מיזנים
157
משכים
410
היו
21
איש
311
אלאשת
732
רעהו
281
יצהלו
141
Jeremiah 5:9
Gematria: 2602
העלאלהלואאפקדנאםיהוהואםבגויאשרכזהלאתתנקםנפשיס
Shall I not punish such deeds?—says GOD—Shall I not bring retributionOn a nation such as this?
They have been false to GOD And said: “It is not so!dIt is not so Or “Not He”; cf. Deut. 32.39; Isa. 43.13. No trouble shall come upon us,We shall not see sword or famine.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כחשו
334
ביהוה
28
ויאמרו
263
לואהוא
49
ולאתבוא
446
עלינו
166
רעה
275
וחרב
216
ורעב
278
לוא
37
נראה
256
Jeremiah 5:13
Gematria: 1269
והנביאיםיהיולרוחוהדבראיןבהםכהיעשהלהםס
The prophets shall prove mere windFor the Word is not in them;Thus-and-thus shall be done to them!”
Assuredly, thus said GOD,The God of Hosts:Because theyethey Heb. “you.” said that,I am putting My words into your mouth as fire,And this people shall be firewood,Which it will consume.
Lo, I am bringing against you, O House of Israel,A nation from afar—declares GOD;It is an enduring nation,It is an ancient nation;A nation whose language you do not know—You will not understand what they say.
Word-by-Word Analysis
הנני
115
מביא
53
עליכם
170
גוי
19
ממרחק
388
בית
412
ישראל
541
נאםיהוה
117
גוי
19
איתן
461
הוא
12
גוי
19
מעולם
186
הוא
12
גוי
19
לאתדע
505
לשנו
386
ולא
37
תשמע
810
מהידבר
261
Jeremiah 5:16
Gematria: 1954
אשפתוכקברפתוחכלםגבורים
Their quiversfTheir quivers Emendation yields “Whose mouths.” are like a yawning grave—They are all mighty warriors.
They will devour your harvest and food,They will devour your sons and daughters,They will devour your flocks and herds,They will devour your vines and fig trees.They will batter down with the swordThe fortified towns on which you rely.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואכל
57
קצירך
420
ולחמך
104
יאכלו
67
בניך
82
ובנותיך
494
יאכל
61
צאנך
161
ובקרך
328
יאכל
61
גפנך
153
ותאנתך
877
ירשש
810
ערי
280
מבצריך
362
אשר
501
אתה
406
בטח
19
בהנה
62
בחרב
212
Jeremiah 5:18
Gematria: 1246
וגםבימיםההמהנאםיהוהלאאעשהאתכםכלה
But even in those days—declares GOD—I will not make an end of you.
And when theygthey Heb. “you.” ask, “Because of what did the ETERNAL our God do all these things?” you shall answer them, “Because you forsook Me and served alien gods on your own land, you will have to serve foreigners in a land not your own.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
כי
30
תאמרו
647
תחת
808
מה
45
עשה
375
יהוה
26
אלהינו
102
לנו
86
אתכלאלה
487
ואמרת
647
אליהם
86
כאשר
521
עזבתם
519
אותי
417
ותעבדו
488
אלהי
46
נכר
270
בארצכם
353
כן
70
תעבדו
482
זרים
257
בארץ
293
לא
31
לכםפ
170
Jeremiah 5:20
Gematria: 1777
הגידוזאתבביתיעקבוהשמיעוהביהודהלאמר
Proclaim this to the House of JacobAnd announce it in Judah:
Should you not revere Me—says GOD—Should you not tremble before Me,Who set the sand as a boundary to the sea,As a limit for all time, not to be transgressed?Though its waves toss, they cannot prevail;Though they roar, they cannot pass it.
Word-by-Word Analysis
האותי
422
לאתיראו
648
נאםיהוה
117
אם
41
מפני
180
לא
31
תחילו
454
אשרשמתי
1251
חול
44
גבול
41
לים
80
חקעולם
254
ולא
37
יעברנהו
343
ויתגעשו
795
ולא
37
יוכלו
72
והמו
57
גליו
49
ולא
37
יעברנהו
343
Jeremiah 5:23
Gematria: 1276
ולעםהזההיהלבסוררומורהסרווילכו
Yet this people has a wayward and defiant heart;They have turned aside and gone their way.
They have not said to themselves,“Let us revere the ETERNAL our God,Who gives the rain,The early and late rain in season,Who keeps for our benefitThe weeks appointed for harvest.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולואאמרו
290
בלבבם
76
נירא
261
נא
51
אתיהוה
427
אלהינו
102
הנתן
505
גשם
343
וירה
221
יורה
221
ומלקוש
482
בעתו
478
שבעת
772
חקות
514
קציר
400
ישמרלנו
636
Jeremiah 5:25
Gematria: 1446
עונותיכםהטואלהוחטאותיכםמנעוהטובמכם
It is your iniquities that have diverted these things,Your sins that have withheld the bounty from you.
Word-by-Word Analysis
עונותיכם
602
הטואלה
56
וחטאותיכם
500
מנעו
166
הטוב
22
מכם
100
Jeremiah 5:26
Gematria: 3623
כינמצאובעמירשעיםישורכשךיקושיםהציבומשחיתאנשיםילכדו
For among My people are found evildoers,Who lurk, like fowlers lying in wait;hWho lurk, like fowlers lying in wait Meaning of Heb. uncertain. They set up a trap to catch other people.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כינמצאו
217
בעמי
122
רשעים
620
ישור
516
כשך
340
יקושים
466
הציבו
113
משחית
758
אנשים
401
ילכדו
70
Jeremiah 5:27
Gematria: 2053
ככלובמלאעוףכןבתיהםמלאיםמרמהעלכןגדלוויעשירו
As a cage is full of birds,So their houses are full of guile;That is why they have grown so wealthy.
They have become fat and sleek;They pass beyond the bounds of wickedness,ipass beyond the bounds of wickedness Some ancient versions read “have transgressed My words for evil.” And they prosper.They will not judge the case of the orphan,Nor give a hearing to the plea of the needy.
Word-by-Word Analysis
שמנו
396
עשתו
776
גם
43
עברו
278
דברירע
486
דין
64
לאדנו
91
דין
64
יתום
456
ויצליחו
160
ומשפט
435
אביונים
119
לא
31
שפטו
395
Jeremiah 5:29
Gematria: 2590
העלאלהלאאפקדנאםיהוהאםבגויאשרכזהלאתתנקםנפשיס
Shall I not punish such deeds—says GOD—Shall I not bring retributionOn a nation such as this?
Word-by-Word Analysis
העלאלה
141
לאאפקד
216
נאםיהוה
117
אם
41
בגוי
21
אשרכזה
533
לא
31
תתנקם
990
נפשיס
500
Jeremiah 5:30
Gematria: 1895
שמהושערורהנהיתהבארץ
An appalling, horrible thingHas happened in the land:
The prophets prophesy falsely,And the priests rule accordingly;jrule accordingly Meaning of Heb. uncertain. And My people like it so.But what will you do at the end of it?