ESV Reformation Study Bible – Jer 5:1
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Jer 5:1

5:1 if you can find . . . pardon her. This search is an allusion to Abraham’s prayer for Sodom (Gen. 18:22–32) and an implicit answer to Jeremiah’s prayer for the city (later forbidden; 7:16). But the city is totally corrupt.