Jeremiah 5:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are not mighty ones. When I had filled them up, they then committed adultery and they thronged to the house of a whore.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Why should I and how can I pass over this and forgive you for it? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full and bound them to Me by oath, they committed [spiritual] adultery, assembling themselves in troops at the houses of [idol] harlots.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots’ houses;

Common English Bible

⁷ How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me and swear by gods that are not gods. Although I could have satisfied them, they committed adultery, dashing off to the prostitution house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ "Over which things am I able to be merciful to you? Your sons have forsaken me, and they swear by those who are not gods. I gave them everything, and they committed adultery, and they indulged themselves in the house of the harlot.

Jeremiah 5:7 Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:9

“Have you not thrown out the priests of יהוה, the sons of Aharon, and the Lĕ

Job 31:12

For that would be a fire that burns to destruction, and take root among all my increase.

Psalm 50:18

“When you saw a thief, you were pleased with him, And you take part with adulterers.

Jeremiah 12:16

“And it shall be, if they learn well the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baʽ

Jeremiah 13:27

your adulteries and your neighings, the wickedness of your whoring! I have seen your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Yerushalayim! How long before you would be made clean?”

Jeremiah 16:11

then you shall say to them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ declares יהוה, ‘and have walked after other mighty ones and served them and bowed themselves to them, and have forsaken Me, and did not guard My Torah.

Jeremiah 16:20

Would a man make mighty ones for himself, which are not mighty ones?

Jeremiah 2:11

“Has a nation changed its mighty ones, which are not mighty ones? But My people have changed My esteem for that which does not profit.

Jeremiah 2:31

“O generation, see the word of יהוה! Have I been a wilderness to Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is filled with adulterers; for the land mourns because of a curse. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right.

Jeremiah 3:19

“But I said, ‘How would I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a splendid inheritance of the hosts of nations?’ “And I said, ‘Call Me, “My Father,” and do not turn away from Me.’

Jeremiah 3:8

“And I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 7:9

stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, and swearing falsely, and burning incense to Baʽ

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, and I would weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for wayfaring men, and I would leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Lamentations 3:42

We, we have transgressed and rebelled. You, You have not forgiven.

Ezekiel 22:11

“And the one has done abomination with his neighbour’s wife. And another has wickedly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another within you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

Hosea 11:8

“How could I give you up, Ephrayim? How could I hand you over, Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 13:6

“When they were fed they were satisfied. They were satisfied and their heart was exalted, therefore they forgot Me.

Hosea 4:2

“Swearing, and lying, and murdering, and stealing, and committing adultery have increased. And bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 7:4

“All of them are adulterers, as an oven heated by a baker, who ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough, until it is leavened.

Leviticus 20:10

‘And a man who commits adultery with the wife of another man, who commits adultery with the wife of his neighbour: the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death.

Amos 8:14

those swearing by the guilt of Shomeron, who say, ‘As your mighty one lives, O Dan!’ and, ‘As the way of Be’ĕ

Zephaniah 1:5

and those bowing down to the host of the heavens on the house-tops, and those bowing themselves, swearing by יהוה  and swearing by Malkam;

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the reign of Elohim? Do not be deceived. Neither those who whore, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

1 Corinthians 8:4

So then, concerning the eating of food offered to idols, we know that an idol is no matter at all in the world, and that there is no other Elohim but one.

Galatians 4:8

But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Yeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are covered with fat; So he forsook Eloah who made him, And scorned the Rock of his deliverance.

Deuteronomy 32:21

“They made Me jealous by what is not Ě

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be respected by all, and the bed be undefiled. But Elohim shall judge those who whore, and adulterers.

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim?Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim.

Joshua 23:7

so as not to go in among these nations, these who remain among you. And make no mention of the name of their mighty ones,a nor swear by them, nor serve them nor bow down to them.