Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:7

COM commentary-section · status:draft · license:PD

7. It would not be consistent with God's holiness to let such wickedness pass unpunished. sworn by — ( Jeremiah 5:2 ; Jeremiah 4:2 ); that is, worshipped. no gods — ( Jeremiah 4:2- : ). fed . . . to the full —so the Keri ( Hebrew Margin ) reads. God's bountifulness is contrasted with their apostasy ( Jeremiah 4:2- : ). Prosperity, the gift of God, designed to lead men to Him, often produces the opposite effect. The Hebrew Chetib (text) reads: "I bound them (to Me) by oath," namely, in the marriage covenant, sealed at Sinai between God and Israel; in contrast to which stands their "adultery"; the antithesis favors this. adultery . . . harlots' houses —spiritually: idolatry in temples of idols; but literal prostitution is also included, being frequently part of idol-worship: for example, in the worship of the Babylonian Mylitta. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

part_of pericope/per-jer-5-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/jer-5-7

Source

source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
evidence_grade: T_theological

엣지 (그래프 연결)

나가는(out)

explains → Jeremiah 5:7 bible-text/jer-5-7

part_of → Jeremiah 5:7-9 pericope/per-jer-5-003

translated_as → Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:7 (ko) language_pack/jfb-jer-5-7-7-ko