Catholic Public Domain Version
"For even though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in this, too, they swear falsely.” "
— Jeremiah 5:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.”
“And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely. ”
“Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."”
“These people make promises in the name of the LORD. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie.””
“And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.”
“And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.”
“And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.”
“Travel the streets of Jerusalem; and gaze, and consider, and seek, in its wide streets. If you can find a man exercising judgment and seeking faith, then I will be forgiving to them.
For even though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in this, too, they swear falsely.”
O Lord, your eyes look with favor upon faith. You have struck them, and they have not grieved. You have bruised them, and they have refused to accept discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, and they are not willing to return.
But I said: Perhaps these are the poor and the senseless, who are ignorant of the way of the Lord, of the judgment of their God.
Therefore, I will go to great men, and I will speak with them. For they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. And behold, these ones have broken the yoke all the more; they have torn apart the bonds.