Jeremias 5:2
And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quod si etiam : Vivit Dominus, dixerint, et hoc falso jurabunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ζῇ Κύριος, λέγουσιν· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐν ψεύδεσιν ὀμνύουσιν;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאִ֥ם חַי יְהֹוָ֖ה יֹאמֵ֑רוּ לָכֵ֥ן לַשֶּׁ֖קֶר יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ
Haydock's commentary
Falsely. Some may confess my name. But they swear falsely, chap. iv. 2. (Calmet)
Unless the requisite conditions be observed, an oath is unlawful. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome Against the Pelagians, Book II
Jerem. v. 1, 2 . Is there any that doeth justly, etc.