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Jeremiah 5:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When they say, ‘As the  Lord  lives,’ they are swearing falsely.

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


then you can swear, ‘As the  Lord  lives,’ in truth,  justice, and righteousness, and then the nations will be blessed  by him and will boast in him.


holding to the form of godliness but denying its power.  Avoid these people.


They speak mere words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.


‘ “Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?


‘Listen to this, house of Jacob – those who are called by the name Israel and have descended from   Judah, who swear by the name of the  Lord and declare the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.


Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God;  I am the Lord.


for the sexually immoral  and males who have sex with males,  for slave traders, liars,  perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching


‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.


Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,  , and do not swear an oath: As the  Lord  lives!


‘Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: “I have sworn by my great name,  says the Lord, that my name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt,  saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’


those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the stars in the sky; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the  Lord but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;  ,


If only I had a traveller’s lodging place in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a solemn assembly of treacherous people.





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