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And thoughוְאִםthey say,יֹאמֵרוּ‘As YHWH lives,’חַי יְהֹוָהeven soלָכֵןthey swearיִשָּׁבֵעוּfalsely.לַשֶּׁקֶר
Jeremiah 5:2
Study it in the app“And though they say, ‘As YHWH lives,’ even so they swear falsely.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:2, word by word
- they sayיֹאמֵרוּyomeru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomeru” appears- ‘As YHWH lives,’חַיchay
as lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appears- ‘As YHWH lives,’יְהֹוָהyehova
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehova” appears- they swearיִשָּׁבֵעוּyishaveu
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishaveu” appears- falselyשֶּׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears
The context
1Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, and look, please, and know, and search in its squares, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness, and I will pardon her.
2 · This verse (above)
3YHWH, are not your eyes on faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not feel pain; you consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They made their faces harder than rock; they refused to return.