Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:7

⁷“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.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	אֵ֤י	’ê	Interrogative	H335 where?
should I forgive you	אֶסְלוֹחַ	ʾɛs·lō·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5545 forgive, pardon
Your children	בָּנַ֣יִךְ	bā·na·yiḵ	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular	H1121 son
have forsaken Me	עֲזָב֔וּנִי	‘ă·zā·ḇū·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
and sworn	וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ	way·yiš·šā·ḇə·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7650 swear
by	בְּלֹ֣א	bə·lō	Preposition-b; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
gods	אֱלֹהִ֑ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
I satisfied	וָאַשְׂבִּ֤עַ	wā·’aś·bi·a‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
their needs	אוֹתָם֙	’ō·w·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
yet they committed adultery	וַיִּנְאָ֔פוּ	way·yin·’ā·p̄ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5003 commit adultery
and assembled	יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃	yiṯ·gō·ḏā·ḏū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1413 penetrate, cut
at the houses	וּבֵ֥ית	ū·ḇêṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of prostitutes	זוֹנָ֖ה	zō·w·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Joshua 23:7 · Galatians 4:8 · Jeremiah 2:11 · Deuteronomy 32:21 · Zephaniah 1:5 · 1 Corinthians 8:4 · Jeremiah 23:10 · James 4:4 · Deuteronomy 32:15 · Hosea 4:2 · Ezekiel 22:11 · Jeremiah 13:27

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.