Jer 5:2 | NETfull | STEP | These people make promises in the name of the Lord . But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie.”

Jeremiah 5:2

2 These people make promises in the name of the Lord. ^{▼▼ Heb “Though they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives.” The idea of “swear on oath” comes from the second line.}
But the fact is, ^{▼▼ The translation follows many Hebrew mss and the Syriac version in reading “surely” (אָכֵן, ’akhen) instead of “therefore” (לָכֵן, lakhen) in the MT.} ^{▼▼ Heb “Surely.”} what they swear to is really a lie.” ^{▼▼ Heb “they swear falsely.”}