What Does Jeremiah 5:7 Mean?

“How”

where? hence how?

“thee for this”

this (often used adverb)

“shall I pardon”

to forgive

“shall I pardon”

to forgive

“thy children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“have forsaken”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc

“me and sworn”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“by them that are no”

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“gods”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“me and sworn”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“they then committed adultery”

to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize

“' houses”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“in the harlots”

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (

“and assembled themselves by troops”

to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)