“How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And (A)sworn by those (B)that are not gods.
(C)When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
(D)They were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.
“And shall I not (E)avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

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How[a] can I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me,
and they have sworn by those who are not gods.
    But I fed them to the full,
and they committed adultery,
    and flocked to the house of a prostitute.
They were well-fed lusty horses,
    they neighed each to the wife of his neighbor.
Because of these things shall I not punish?” declares[b] Yahweh,
    “and on a nation who is like this, shall I not take revenge?

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 5:7 Literally “Why to this”
  2. Jeremiah 5:9 Literally “a declaration of”