Passage Research
Jeremiah 5 — Sermon Preparation
The prophet searches Jerusalem for even one honest person and finds none; the people's willful blindness makes judgment unavoidable. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 6 | oracle |
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 6 | nation, a Gentile |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 5 | eat |
| דִּין | dîyn | H1777 | 3 | rule, judge |
| מִשְׁפָּט | mishpâṭ | H4941 | 4 | verdict, sentence |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 5 | people, tribe |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 4 | know, seeing |
How preachers through history handled this text
35 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“4. Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. 4. Et ego dixi, Certe (alii vertunt, forsan, 'k) pauperes sunt hi, stulte egerunt, quia non cognoscunt viam Jehovae, judicium Dei sui: 5. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 5. Ibo ad optimates (ad magnos, ad verbum) et loquar apud eos; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1, on Jeremiah 5:4–5 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Jer 5:1
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