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Jeremiah 5:8
8They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else’s wife.
Jeremiah 5:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
- New International Version (NIV)They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man’s wife.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They were well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They were like well-fed lusty stallions; Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Context of Jeremiah 5:8
6Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down. A wolf from arid plains will ravage them. A leopard stalks their cities. Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces because their rebellious acts are many, their unfaithful deeds numerous. 7Why should I forgive you? Your children have abandoned me and sworn by those who are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery; they gashed themselves at the prostitute’s house. They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else’s wife. 9Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this? 10Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord.
Read all of Jeremiah 5Jeremiah 5:8 word by word
סוּסִ֥ים מְיֻזָּנִ֖ים מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הָי֑וּ אִ֛ישׁ אֶל־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ יִצְהָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:8
- Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, your depraved prostitution on the hills, in the fields — I have seen your abhorrent acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You are unclean — for how long yet?
- Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God?”
- Exodus 20:14Do not commit adultery.
- Deuteronomy 5:18Do not commit adultery.
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman.
- Job 31:9If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
- Matthew 5:27“You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8After his neighbor's wife - This may have been literally true, as the abominations of idolatry, in which they were so deeply practiced, would necessarily produce such a state of things as that here mentioned.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8In the morning - Render, they rove about. Some prefer, “(horses) from Mesech.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8These verses list the evidence of sins the people committed, such as: rejecting the Lord worshiping pagan gods engaging in sexual misconduct (Jeremiah 7:9; 12:16; Numbers 25:1–3; Deuteronomy 32:21; Joshua 23:7; Zephaniah 1:5; Galatians 4:8) Idolatry and adultery were closely linked in Israel because both broke an exclusive covenant.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. in the morning--(Is 5:11). "Rising early in the morning" is a phrase for unceasing eagerness in any pursuit; such was the Jews' avidity after idol-worship. Maurer translates from a different Hebrew root, "continually wander to and fro," inflamed with lust (Jr 2:23). But English Version is simpler (compare Jr 13:27; Eze 22:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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