Jeremiah 5:7

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How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

In other translations

How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

Hebrew words

אֵי'eiwhere?H335לָזֹאתlazotfor thisH2063אֶסְלַח'esloach-will I forgiveH5545לָךְlakh<to> <the> youבָּנַיִךְbanayikhchildren yourH1121עֲזָבוּנִי'azavunithey have forsaken meH5800וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּvaiyishave'uand they have swornH7650בְּלֹאbelo'by notH3808אֱלֹהִים'elohimgodsH430וָאַשְׂבִּעַva'asbia'and I satisfiedH7646אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853וַיִּנְאָפוּvaiyin'afuand they committed adulteryH5003וּבֵיתuveitand [the] house ofH1004זוֹנָהzonaha prostituteH2181יִתְגֹּדָדוּ׃yitgodaduthey cut themselvesH1413

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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