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Jeremiah 5:2

Integrity

1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
KJV
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
WEB
Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
ASV
And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
DARBY
And if they say, [As] Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.
BLB
And if they say ‘As YHWH’ lives,’ surely they swear to a falsehood.”
ÅB
Og om de enn sier: Så sant Herren lever, så sverger de allikevel falsk.
OTB
Selv om de sier, ‘Så sant Herren lever,’ sverger de helt sikkert falskt.”
B1930
Og om de enn sier: Så sant Herren lever, så sverger de allikevel falsk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Titus 1:16

    They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

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  • Jeremiah 4:2

    and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

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  • Leviticus 19:12

    You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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  • 2 Timothy 3:5

    having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

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  • Hosea 4:1–2

    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

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  • Isaiah 48:1

    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—

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  • Jeremiah 7:9

    Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

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  • Hosea 10:4

    They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

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