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Jeremiah 5 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Calvin 28 Spurgeon 4 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“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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