What Does Jeremiah 5:3 Mean?

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“are not thine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“upon the truth”

literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity

“thou hast stricken”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“them but they have not grieved”

properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e., (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fi

“thou hast consumed”

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

“them but they have refused”

to refuse

“to receive”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“correction”

properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint

“harder”

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra

“they have made their faces”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“than a rock”

a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)

“them but they have refused”

to refuse

“to return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);