Focused Passage

Jeremiah 5:7-9

Search Jerusalem: No Truth, No Justice, and No Fear of the LORD

The chapter moves from a citywide search for one just and truthful person, to the exposure of stubborn rebellion among poor and great alike, to the announcement of enemy judgment, to charges of unbelief and false prophecy, to creation-based rebuke for lacking fear of the LORD, and finally to social injustice, leadership corruption, and the terrifying fact that the people love it so.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

7 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

9 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

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References and Original Words

Verse 7

Cross-references

Galatians 4:8 Classic cross-references Joshua 23:7 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 32:21 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 2:11 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 8:4 Classic cross-references

Original words

Why אֵ֤י H335 Interrogative . . . לָזֹאת֙ H2063 Preposition-l | Pronoun - feminine singular should I forgive you אֶסְלוֹחַ H5545 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular . . . לָ֔ךְ Preposition | second person feminine singular Your children בָּנַ֣יִךְ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular have forsaken Me עֲזָב֔וּנִי H5800 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular and sworn וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ H7650 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural by [gods] that are not בְּלֹ֣א H3808 Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle gods אֱלֹהִ֑ים H430 Noun - masculine plural I satisfied וָאַשְׂבִּ֤עַ H7646 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular their needs אוֹתָם֙ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural yet they committed adultery וַיִּנְאָ֔פוּ H5003 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural and assembled יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃ H1413 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural at the houses וּבֵ֥ית H1004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of prostitutes זוֹנָ֖ה H2181 Noun - feminine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

Exodus 20:17 Classic cross-references Exodus 20:14 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 13:27 Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 11:2 Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 11:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

They are הָי֑וּ H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural well-fed מְיֻזָּנִ֖ים H2109 Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural lusty מַשְׁכִּ֣ים H7904 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural stallions סוּסִ֥ים H5483 Noun - masculine plural each אִ֛ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular neighing יִצְהָֽלוּ׃ H6670 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural after אֶל־ H413 Preposition his neighbor’s רֵעֵ֖הוּ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular wife אֵ֥שֶׁת H802 Noun - feminine singular construct

Verse 9

Cross-references

Jeremiah 9:9 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 5:29 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 17:19 Classic cross-references Isaiah 1:24 Classic cross-references Isaiah 65:7 Classic cross-references

Original words

Should I not לוֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle punish them אֶפְקֹ֖ד H6485 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular for הַֽעַל־ H5921 Preposition these things אֵ֥לֶּה H428 Pronoun - common plural declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהֹוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular וְאִם֙ וְאִם֙ H518 Conjunction Should I not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle avenge תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם H5358 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Myself נַפְשִֽׁי׃ס H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular on such a nation בְּג֣וֹי H1471 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative as this כָּזֶ֔ה H2088 Preposition-k | Pronoun - masculine singular

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