Jeremiah 5:2 - Exposition

And though they say, The Lord liveth . Though they asseverate by the most solemn of all oaths (contrast Jeremiah 4:1 , Jeremiah 4:2 ). Surely. So the Syriac. This rendering, however, involves an emendation of one letter in the text. The ordinary reading is literally therefore , but may etymologically be taken to mean "for all this," "nevertheless."