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Jeremiah 5:7

“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.

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ASV

How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots’ houses;

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵ֤י'eiwhere?H335 →
לָזֹאת֙la.zoTfor thisH2063 →
אֶֽסְלַֽח'es.lo.ach-will I forgiveH5545 →
לָ֔ךְLakh<to> <the> you
בָּנַ֣יִךְba.Na.yikhchildren yourH1121 →
עֲזָב֔וּנִי'a.za.Vu.nithey have forsaken meH5800 →
וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּvai.yi.sha.ve.'Uand they have swornH7650 →
בְּלֹ֣אbe.Lo'by notH3808 →
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
וָאַשְׂבִּ֤עַva.'as.Bi.a'and I satisfiedH7646 →
אוֹתָם֙'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
וַיִּנְאָ֔פוּvai.yin.'A.fuand they committed adulteryH5003 →
וּבֵ֥יתu.Veitand [the] house ofH1004 →
זוֹנָ֖הzo.Naha prostituteH2181 →
יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃yit.go.Da.duthey cut themselvesH1413 →

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Joshua 23:7So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.Galatians 4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.Jeremiah 12:16And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.Ezekiel 22:11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”Deuteronomy 6:13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.Genesis 35:2So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.Hosea 4:13–15They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.Numbers 25:1–3While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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