5“aRoam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,And seenow and know,And seek in her opensquares,If you can bfind a man,cIfthereis one who doesjustice, who seeksfaithfulness,Then I will pardon her.2“And aif they say, ‘As Yahwehlives,’Then they swear to a lie.”3O Yahweh, do not aYour eyeslook for faithfulness?You have bstruck them,But they did not 1weaken;You have consumed them,But they crefused to receivediscipline.They have dmade their facesstrongerthanrock;They have refused to 2repent.4Then I said, “They are only the poor;They arefoolish;For they ado not know the way of YahwehOr the legaljudgment of their God.5“Let me go to the greatAnd let me speak to them,For athey know the way of YahwehAnd the legaljudgment of their God.”But they too, altogether, have bbroken the yokeAndtorn apart the bonds.
