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Jeremiah 5:8

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6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

7 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.

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.

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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
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

    I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

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  • 2 Samuel 11:2–4

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

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  • Ezekiel 22:11

    And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:18

    Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

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  • Exodus 20:14

    Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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  • Exodus 20:17

    Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

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  • Genesis 39:9

    There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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  • Matthew 5:27–28

    Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

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