Jer 5:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. It would not be consistent with God's holiness to let such wickedness pass unpunished. sworn by-- ( ; ); that is, worshipped. no gods-- ( ). fed ... to the full-- so the Keri (Hebrew Margin) reads. God's bountifulness is contrasted with their apostasy ( ). 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.

‏ Jeremiah 5:7

7. It would not be consistent with God's holiness to let such wickedness pass unpunished.

sworn by--(Jr 5:2; Jr 4:2); that is, worshipped.

no gods--(De 32:21).

fed ... to the full--so the Keri (Hebrew Margin) reads. God's bountifulness is contrasted with their apostasy (De 32:15). 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.