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Jeremiah 5:2

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5:2 These people make promises in the name of the Lord. 1 

But the fact is, 2  what they swear to is really a lie.” 3 

1 tn Heb “Though they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives.” The idea of “swear on oath” comes from the second line.

2 tc The translation follows many Hebrew mss and the Syriac version in reading “surely” (אָכֵן, ’akhen) instead of “therefore” (לָכֵן, lakhen) in the MT.

tn Heb “Surely.”

3 tn Heb “they swear falsely.”



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