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Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing at his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbor&#8217s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“They were like well-fed, lusty stallions, Each one neighing after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else&#8217s wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />they were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are no better than animals, and you always want sex with someone else's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They are like well-fed stallions that are wild with desire. They neigh for their neighbors' wives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They were like well-fed stallions wild with desire, each lusting for his neighbor's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They were well-fed, lusty stallions, each one neighing after his neighbor's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Fed horses—they have been early risers, "" They each neigh to the wife of his neighbor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Fed horses -- they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They were horses seducing to fornication: roaming about, they will neigh, a man for the wife of his neighbor.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They have become like wild horses in heat; each one was neighing after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They are lustful stallions, each neighs after the other’s wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They were well-fed lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They were wanton like stallions, every one lusting after his neighbor's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />As strong horses they have been lusting, each man, for the wife of his neighbor; they were neighing!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; Every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbour's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1459" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">No One is Just</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">They are</a> <a href="/hebrew/2109.htm" title="2109: mə·yuz·zā·nîm (V-Pual-Prtcpl-mp) -- To feed. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to be plump, i.e. to nourish.">well-fed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7904.htm" title="7904: maš·kîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- Perhaps to roam. A primitive root; to roam.">lusty</a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: sū·sîm (N-mp) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">stallions,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/6670.htm" title="6670: yiṣ·hā·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To gleam, be cheerful, to sound clear. A prim root; to gleam, i.e. be cheerful; by transf. To sound clear.">neighing</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘ê·hū (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">his neighbor’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’ê·šeṯ (N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a></span><br />I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm">Ezekiel 22:11</a></span><br />One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-6.htm">Proverbs 7:6-23</a></span><br />For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. / I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment, / crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2-4</a></span><br />One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. / So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” / Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-27</a></span><br />Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Proverbs 6:32</a></span><br />He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a></span><br />If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">Deuteronomy 22:22</a></span><br />If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a></span><br />But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.</p><p class="hdg">every one.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a></b></br> I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, <i>and</i> thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when <i>shall it</i> once <i>be</i>?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/39-9.htm">Genesis 39:9</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou <i>art</i> his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-14.htm">Exodus 20:14,17</a></b></br> Thou shalt not commit adultery… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/3-22.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-4.htm">Early</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-9.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Large</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-8.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Neigh</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Neighbor's</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-6.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-17.htm">Neighbour's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Neighed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Neighing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Roam</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-13.htm">Roaming</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Stallions</a> <a href="/luke/6-25.htm">Well-Fed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Early</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-3.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Large</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Neigh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Neighbor's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-21.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Neighbour's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Neighed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Neighing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Roam</a> <a href="/job/1-7.htm">Roaming</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Stallions</a> <a href="/luke/6-25.htm">Well-Fed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They are well-fed, lusty stallions</b><br>This phrase uses the imagery of stallions to describe the people of Judah, emphasizing their indulgence and lack of restraint. In ancient Near Eastern culture, horses were symbols of strength and virility, often associated with military power and wealth. The term "well-fed" suggests abundance and prosperity, yet it also implies excess and moral decay. This imagery is consistent with the broader biblical theme of Israel's unfaithfulness to God, as seen in <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Hosea 4:16</a>, where Israel is compared to a stubborn heifer. The metaphor highlights the people's pursuit of physical desires over spiritual fidelity.<p><b>each neighing after his neighbor’s wife</b><br>This phrase underscores the rampant adultery and moral corruption among the people. The act of "neighing" is a vivid depiction of uncontrolled lust and desire, akin to the behavior of animals. In the context of the covenant community, adultery was not only a personal sin but also a violation of the covenant with God, as marriage was a sacred institution. This behavior reflects a broader pattern of infidelity to God, paralleling the spiritual adultery of idolatry. The commandment against coveting a neighbor's wife (<a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Exodus 20:17</a>) is directly violated here, illustrating the people's disregard for God's law. This imagery also foreshadows the New Testament teachings of Jesus, who equates lustful intent with adultery in the heart (<a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a>), emphasizing the importance of inner purity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to the messages he delivered.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/adultery.htm">Adultery</a></b><br>The specific sin highlighted in this verse, symbolizing the broader unfaithfulness of the people to God. It serves as a metaphor for spiritual adultery, where the people have turned away from God to pursue other 'gods' or desires.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_sin.htm">The Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin is often depicted as a natural inclination, like the instinctual behavior of animals. This highlights the need for self-control and reliance on God's strength to overcome sinful desires.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Just as physical adultery breaks the covenant of marriage, spiritual adultery breaks our covenant with God. We must guard our hearts against idolatry and unfaithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The imagery of "neighing after his neighbor’s wife" serves as a warning of the destructive nature of unchecked desires. Sin not only affects the individual but also the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Recognizing our sinful tendencies should lead us to repentance and a renewed commitment to live according to God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to call out sin and urge the people to return to God. We, too, are called to speak truth and encourage others towards righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_discontent_over_moses's_wife.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence confirming discontent over Moses's Cushite wife (Numbers 12:1), and why would such a marriage provoke divine anger?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jacob_wrestle_with_god.htm">Hosea 12:3-4: How can Jacob physically wrestle with God if God is portrayed elsewhere as omnipotent and spiritual?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god's_judgment_on_'bad_figs'_conflict.htm">Jeremiah 24:8 - Does God's severe judgment on the 'bad figs' conflict with the idea of a just and loving deity who offers redemption to all?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_renew_israel's_covenant.htm">How can God renew a covenant with Israel in Jeremiah 3:1-8 despite Deuteronomy 24:1-4 forbidding reunions after divorce?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">They were as fed horses in the morning.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">As fed stallion horses they rove about. </span>The animal passion is taken, as in <a href="/ezekiel/23-20.htm" title="For she doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.">Ezekiel 23:20</a>, (1) as answering to the same passion in man; (2) as symbolical of the lust for idolatrous ritual. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm" title="A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.">Jeremiah 2:24</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As fed horses in the morning</span>. The rendering fed horses has considerable authority. "Lustful horses" is also possible; this represents the reading of the Hebrew margin. The following word in the Hebrew is extremely difficult. "In the morning" cannot be right, as it is against grammar; but it is not easy to furnish a substitute. Most moderns render "roving about;" Furst prefers "stallions." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They are</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֑וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">well-fed,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְיֻזָּנִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(mə·yuz·zā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2109.htm">Strong's 2109: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be plump, to nourish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lusty</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשְׁכִּ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(maš·kîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7904.htm">Strong's 7904: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to roam</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stallions,</span><br /><span class="heb">סוּסִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(sū·sîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swallow, swift (type of bird)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֛ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">neighing</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְהָֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·hā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6670.htm">Strong's 6670: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gleam, be cheerful, to sound clear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his neighbor’s</span><br /><span class="heb">רֵעֵ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(rê·‘ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Friend, companion, fellow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wife.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:8 They were as fed horses roaming at (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/5-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>