Jeremiah 4:2

And thou shalt swear, Chai Hashem (as surely as HASHEM lives), 1 in emes, in mishpat, and in tzedakah; 1 and the Goyim shall bless themselves in Him, 1 and in Him shall they glory. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

In Context

1If thou wilt make teshuvah, O Yisroel, saith Hashem, 1 return unto Me; 1 and if thou wilt put away thine shikkutzim (abominations) out of My sight, 1 and shalt not waver. + 4:1 to wander 1

3For thus saith Hashem 1 to Ish Yehudah and Yerushalayim: 1 Break up your unplowed ground, 1 and sow not among kotzim (thorns). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:13Thou shalt fear Hashem Eloheicha, and serve Him, and shalt swear by Shmo.

1 Samuel 20:3And Dovid took an oath, moreover, and said, Avicha certainly knoweth that I have found chen in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Yonatan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, there is hardly a peysah (step) between me and mavet.

Psalms 72:17Shmo (His Name) shall endure l'olam; 1 Shmo shall be continued as long as the shemesh; 1 and men shall be blessed in him; 1 kol Goyim shall call him blessed. 1

Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by Myself, 1 the Word has gone out of My mouth of tzedakah (righteousness), 1 and shall not yashuv (return, be revoked), 1 that unto Me kol berekh (every knee) shall bow, 1 kol lashon (every tongue) shall swear. 1

Isaiah 48:1Hear ye this, O Bais Ya'akov, 1 which are called b'shem Yisroel, 1 and are come forth out of the waters of Yehudah, 1 which take oaths b'Shem Hashem, 1 and invoke Elohei Yisroel, 1 but not in emes, nor in tzedakah. 1

Jeremiah 5:2And though they say, Chai Hashem; 1 surely they swear lasheker (falsely). 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:2-3

Exhortation to Repentance. ( b. c. 620.) 1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord , return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. 2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. When God called to backsliding Israel to return ( ch. iii. 22 ) they immediately answered, Lord, we return; now God here takes notice of their answer, and, by… Read the whole commentary →

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