Jeremiah 5:2 New English Translation
2 These people make promises in the name of the Lord.[a]
But the fact is,[b] what they swear to is really a lie.”[c]
Footnotes
- 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.”
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