Jeremiah 5:8

Translations

Modern

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Traditional

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

Literal

They were well-fed lusting horses—each man neighing after the wife of his neighbor.

Latin

Equi amatores et emissarii facti sunt: unusquisque ad uxorem proximi sui hinniebat.

Original

Hebrew

English

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Notes

Jeremiah 5:7–8

These verses list the evidence of sins the people committed, such as:

rejecting the Lord
worshiping pagan gods
engaging in sexual misconduct (Jeremiah 7:9; 12:16; Numbers 25:1–3; Deuteronomy 32:21; Joshua 23:7; Zephaniah 1:5; Galatians 4:8)

Idolatry and adultery were closely linked in Israel because both broke an exclusive covenant.

Theme notes and profiles

Basic Laws Marriage and Sexuality Social Chaos in Judges The Purpose of the Judgments

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 13:27
Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
Deuteronomy 5:18
You shall not commit adultery.
Ezekiel 22:11
One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
2 Samuel 11:2–4
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Genesis 39:9
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
Deuteronomy 5:21
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Matthew 5:27–28
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
Jeremiah 29:23
For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Job 31:9
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

Glossary

Adultery Book of Jeremiah Horse Jeremiah (Person) Neighbor

Topics

Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Ingratitude to God: Prosperity Likely to Produce The Rich: General Scriptures Concerning

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