Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 5:7

A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 7) How can I be propitious to you? Your sons have forsaken me, and they swear by those who are not gods. I have satisfied them, and they have committed adultery, and they have indulged in the house of a prostitute. Catalogue of the sins of Jerusalem: while she says that she does not know God, by whom she can be…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

7In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses.

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In context

5I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.

6Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.

— Jeremiah 5:7 —

8They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor’s wife.

9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.

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