Jeremiah · יִרְמְיָהוּ

Jeremiah 5:7

אֵ֤י לָזֹאת֙ אסלוח־אֶֽסְלַֽח־לָ֔ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ עֲזָב֔וּנִי וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ בְּלֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וָאַשְׂבִּ֤עַ אוֹתָם֙ וַיִּנְאָ֔פוּ וּבֵ֥ית זוֹנָ֖ה יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃
ʾey lazoʾt ʾslvḥ-ʾeslaḥ-lak banayik ʿazabvniy vayishabʿv bloʾ ʾelohiym vaʾashbiʿa ʾvotam vayinʾapv vbeyt zvonah yitgodadv
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.

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