Jer 5:7, 9 | ESV | STEP | How can I pardon you ? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods . When I fed them to the full , they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of whores .

Jeremiah 5:7

7 ^a“How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
^band have sworn by those who are no gods.
^cWhen I fed them to the full,
^dthey committed adultery
^eand trooped to the houses of whores.

Jeremiah 5:9

9 ^fShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord;
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?