Jeremiah 5:8

They are as well-fed horses in the morning; Every one neigheth after his neighbor's wife.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7How can I pardon thee for this? [[saith Jehovah;]] Thy children have forsaken me, And sworn by them that are no gods. I have fed them to the full, yet do they commit adultery, And assemble themselves in crowds in the house of the harlot.

9Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

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Cross References

Job 31:9If my heart hath been enticed by a woman, Or if I have watched at my neighbor's door,

Jeremiah 13:27Thine adulteries, thy neighings, The lewdness of thy whoredom on the hills, in the fields, All thy abominations, have I seen. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem! How long ere thou wilt become pure!

Jeremiah 29:23because they have practised villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not. But I know it, and am a witness, saith Jehovah.

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 →

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