Jeremiah 5:7-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 Why should I forgive you?
Your children have abandoned Me
and sworn by those who are not gods.(A)
I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery;(B)
they gashed themselves(C) at the[a] prostitute’s house.
8 They are well-fed,[b] eager[c] stallions,(D)
each neighing(E) after someone else’s wife.(F)
9 Should I not punish them for these things?(G)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge Myself(H)
on such a nation as this?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:7 Or adultery and trooped to the, or adultery and lodged at the; Hb obscure
- Jeremiah 5:8 Lit well-equipped; Hb obscure
- Jeremiah 5:8 Lit early-rising; Hb obscure
Jeremiah 5:7-9
King James Version
7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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