Verse 2
Jeremiah 5:2
World English Bible, British Edition
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Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִ֥ם חַי יְהֹוָ֖ה יֹאמֵ֑רוּ לָ/כֵ֥ן לַ/שֶּׁ֖קֶר יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ
English Translation
And if the living God, they will say, "So for a lie they will swear."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know,
and seek in its wide pl...
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2
Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
3
O LORD, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them,
but they were not grieved. You have c...
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4
Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they
don’t know the LORD’s way, nor the l...
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5
I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way
of the LORD, and the law of...
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6
Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings
will destroy them. A leopa...
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7
“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn
by what are no gods. When I had fed...
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8
They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbour’s
wife.
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9
Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my
soul be avenged on such a na...
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10
“Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end.
Take away her branches, for they are no...
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11
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously
against me,” says the L...
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12
They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t
come on us. We won’t see sword or fam...
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13
The prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it
will be done to them.”
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14
Therefore the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Armies says, “Because you speak
this word, behold, I will ma...
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15
Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,”
says the LORD. “It is a mighty...
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16
Their quiver is an open tomb. They are all mighty men.
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17
They will eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your
daughters should eat. They wi...
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18
“But even in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a full
end of you.
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19
It will happen when you say, ‘Why has the LORD our God (Elohim) done all these
things to us?’ Then y...
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20
“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying,
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21
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes,
and don’t see, who have ears, a...
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22
Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence,
who have placed the sand for th...
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23
“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They
have revolted and gone.
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24
They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear the LORD our God (Elohim), who
gives rain, both the f...
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25
“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins
have withheld good from you.
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26
For wicked men are found amongst my people. They watch, as fowlers lie
in wait. They set a trap. The...
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27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore
they have become great, an...
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28
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness.
They don’t plead the cause,...
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29
“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t
my soul be avenged on such a nation...
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30
“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
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31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority;
and my people love to ha...
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