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Jeremiah 5:3

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5:3 Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. 1 

But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. 2 

Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected.

They have become as hardheaded as a rock. 3 

They refuse to change their ways. 4 

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[5:3]  1 tn Heb “O Lord, are your eyes not to faithfulness?” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

[5:3]  2 tn Commentaries and lexicons debate the meaning of the verb here. The MT is pointed as though from a verb meaning “to writhe in anguish or contrition” (חוּל [khul]; see, e.g., BDB 297 s.v. חוּל 2.c), but some commentaries and lexicons repoint the text as though from a verb meaning “to be sick,” thus “to feel pain” (חָלָה [khalah]; see, e.g., HALOT 304 s.v. חָלָה 3). The former appears more appropriate to the context.

[5:3]  3 tn Heb “They made their faces as hard as a rock.”

[5:3]  4 tn Or “to repent”; Heb “to turn back.”



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