Jeremiah 5:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² “Even when they say, ‘As יהוה lives,’ they swear falsely, for certain.”

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.

Jeremiah 5:2 Cross References

Isaiah 48:1

“Hear this, O house of Ya‛aqoḇ, who are called by the name of Yisra’ĕl, and have come from the waters of Yehuḏah, who swear by the Name of יהוה, and profess the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl – though not in truth or in righteousness –

Jeremiah 4:2

and shall swear, ‘As יהוה lives,’ in truth, in right-ruling, and in righteousness – then nations shall bless themselves in Him, and they shall boast in Him!”

Jeremiah 44:26

“Therefore hear the word of יהוה, all Yehuḏah who are dwelling in the land of Mitsrayim, ‘See, I have sworn by My great Name,’ declares יהוה, ‘My Name shall no longer be called upon by the mouth of any man of Yehuḏah in all the land of Mitsrayim, saying, “As the Master יהוה lives...”

Jeremiah 7:9

stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, and swearing falsely, and burning incense to Ba‛al, and walking after other mighty ones you have not known.

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.

Hosea 10:4

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. Therefore judgment shall spring up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 4:15

“Though you are a whore, Yisra’ĕl, let not Yehuḏah become guilty. Do not come up to Gilgal, nor go up to Bĕyth Awen, nor swear an oath, saying, ‘As יהוה lives!’

Leviticus 19:12

‘And do not swear falsely by My Name and so profane the Name of your Elohim. I am יהוה.

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 Timothy 1:10

for those who whore, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and for whatever else that is contrary to sound teaching,

2 Timothy 3:5

having a form of reverence but denying its power. And turn away from these!

Titus 1:16

They profess to know Elohim, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unfit for any good work.