And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.
And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.
And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."
And though they say, As the LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
The Lord liveth - Though they profess to bind themselves by Jehovah, as if they acknowledged him their God and only Lord, yet they swore falsely; for not believing in him, they took a false oath; one by which they did not believe themselves bound, not acknowledging him as their Lord. See on Jeremiah 4:2 (note).
Though they take the most binding form of oath, they do so only as a means of deceiving others.
5:2 Though - Though when they swear, they use the form of an oath, and say, the Lord liveth, or by the living God: yet it is neither in truth nor righteousness.