From f989f66e7e45ffefb72dcd0300267f6419d4ba35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:23:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jer/05/01.md --- jer/05/01.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/jer/05/01.md b/jer/05/01.md index 21e0a9bb83..163708b1af 100644 --- a/jer/05/01.md +++ b/jer/05/01.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # General Information: -Jeremiah often wrote prophecy in the form of poetry. Hebrew poetry uses different kinds of parallelism. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]]) +It is possible that Yahweh is using the word "a" (meaning "even one") as hyperbole when he states, "If you can find a man or anyone who is acting justly ... I will forgive Jerusalem." The purpose of this is to show how evil Jerusalem had become. Yahweh asks several questions in this chapter to show Jeremiah the justness of his actions. The ULB sets poetry (5:1-31) farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry # Rush about through the streets @@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ broad and open places in a city where people can gather # who is acting justly -"who does what is just" - +"who does what is just" \ No newline at end of file