King James Version
Jeremiah 5:8 in the King James Version says “They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.”
Jeremiah 5:8 · KJV
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. evenings: or, deserts are increased: Heb. are strong
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.
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They were as fed”
H2109perhaps properly, to be plump, i.e., (transitively) to nourish
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“every one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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