Jeremiah 5:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

² Although they say, “As the Lord lives,” yet they swear falsely.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And though they say, As the Lord lives, surely they swear falsely.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

Common English Bible

² Even when making a pledge—“As the LORD lives”— they swear falsely.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² For even though they say, 'As the Lord lives,' in this, too, they swear falsely."

Jeremiah 5:2 Cross References

Isaiah 48:1

Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and who came forth from the loins of Judah; who swear by the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel, but not in truth or right.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!” in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall be blessed by him, and by him they shall boast.

Jeremiah 44:26

Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: Lo, I swear by my great name, says the Lord, that my name shall no longer be pronounced on the lips of any of the people of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 9:2

O that I had in the desert a traveler's lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a band of traitors.

Hosea 10:4

They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so litigation springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not enter into Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Leviticus 19:12

And you shall not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:5

those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens; those who bow down and swear to the Lord, but also swear by Milcom;

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

1 Timothy 1:10

fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

2 Timothy 3:5

holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.