Jeremiah 5:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

King James Bible
O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Hebrew
O LORD,
יְהֹוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

do not
הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

Your eyes [look]
עֵינֶיךָ֮ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

for truth?
לֶאֱמוּנָה֒ (le·’ĕ·mū·nāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

You struck them,
הִכִּ֤יתָה (hik·kî·ṯāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

but they felt no
וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

pain.
חָ֔לוּ (ḥā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

You finished them off,
כִּלִּיתָ֕ם (kil·lî·ṯām)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

but they refused
מֵאֲנ֖וּ (mê·’ă·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3985: To refuse

to accept
קַ֣חַת (qa·ḥaṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3947: To take

discipline.
מוּסָ֑ר (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

They have made their faces
פְנֵיהֶם֙ (p̄ə·nê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

harder
חִזְּק֤וּ (ḥiz·zə·qū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

than stone
מִסֶּ֔לַע (mis·se·la‘)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5553: A craggy rock

and refused
מֵאֲנ֖וּ (mê·’ă·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3985: To refuse

to repent.
לָשֽׁוּב׃ (lā·šūḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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