# General Information:

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

"Go quickly through the streets"

# Then look and think about this

"look and find out"

# city squares

broad and open places in a city where people can gather

# who is acting justly

"who does what is just"