Jeremiah 5:8
6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
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.
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?
10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
- KJV
- They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
- WEB
- They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
- ASV
- They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor`s wife.
- DARBY
- [As] well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
- BLB
- They were well-fed lusting horses—each man neighing after the wife of his neighbor.
- ÅB
- Som velnærte hester er de tidlig på ferde; de vrinsker, hver etter sin nestes hustru.
- OTB
- De er som velnærede, lystige hingster, hver og en vrinsker etter sin nabos kone.
- B1930
- Som velnærte hester er de tidlig på ferde; de vrinsker, hver efter sin næstes hustru.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 13:27
Your 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?”
Read in context2 Samuel 11:2–4
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:11
One 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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:18
You shall not commit adultery.
Read in contextExodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Read in contextExodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Read in contextGenesis 39:9
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
Read in contextMatthew 5:27–28
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
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