Jeremiah 5:1 meaning and explanation
“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, Berean Standard Bible
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God speaks through Jeremiah, who has been called to announce judgment on Jerusalem in the last years before Babylon destroys it. The command to search the streets and squares pictures a citywide investigation, echoing Abraham's plea over Sodom in Genesis 18.
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