Jeremiah 5:2

New English Translation

²These people make promises in the name of the Lord.^[a]
But the fact is,^[b] what they swear to is really a lie.”^[c]

Jeremiah 5:2 tn Heb “Though they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives.’” The idea of “swear on oath” comes from the second line.
Jeremiah 5:2 tc The translation follows many Hebrew mss and the Syriac version in reading “surely” (אָכֵן, ʾakhen) instead of “therefore” (לָכֵן, lakhen) in the MT. tn Heb “Surely.”
Jeremiah 5:2 tn Heb “they swear falsely.”

New English Translation (NET)