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Jeremiah 5:8
8They are well-fed, lustful stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’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 kill them. A desert wolf will ravage them. A leopard watches over their cities. Everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces, For their rebellion is great, their backslidings frequent. 7“Why therefore should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those who are not gods. Even though I fed them well, they committed adultery and thronged to the prostitute houses. They are well-fed, lustful stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife. 9For such, should I not punish them?” It is a declaration of Adonai. “On such a nation as this should I not avenge Myself? 10Go up into her vines and ravage them, but do not completely destroy them. Strip away her branches for they are not Adonai’s.
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, your lustful neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution— on the hills in the field I have seen your loathsome acts. Oy you, Jerusalem! You are unclean! How much longer?”
- Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I, and he has withheld nothing from me—except you, because you are his wife. So how could I commit this great evil and sin against God?”
- Exodus 20:14“Do not commit adultery.
- Deuteronomy 5:18‘Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David rose from his bed and strolled on the roof of the royal palace. Then from the roof he saw a woman washing—a very beautiful woman.
- Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
- Matthew 5:27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall 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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