Jeremiah 5:2
The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 48:1Hear these words, ye house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention of it, but not with truth, nor with righteousness;
Jeremiah 7:9and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not,
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Hosea 4:15But thou, Israel, be not ignorant, and go ye not, men of Judah, to Gilgal; and go not up to the house of Aven, and swear not by the living Lord.
Zechariah 5:3And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:2-10
The Universal Corruption to the Age. ( b. c. 608.) 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Lord , are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have… Read the whole commentary →