Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned incense in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. New Living Translation “‘For Israel has forsaken me and turned this valley into a place of wickedness. The people burn incense to foreign gods—idols never before acknowledged by this generation, by their ancestors, or by the kings of Judah. And they have filled this place with the blood of innocent children. English Standard Version Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents, Berean Standard Bible because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. King James Bible Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; New King James Version “Because they have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocents New American Standard Bible Since they have abandoned Me and have made this place foreign, and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent NASB 1995 “Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods, that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent NASB 1977 “Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent Legacy Standard Bible Because they have forsaken Me and have made this a foreign place and have burned incense in it to other gods, that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent Amplified Bible Because the people [of Jerusalem] have abandoned (rejected) Me and have made this an alien and profaned place by burning sacrifices and incense in it to other gods, that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent Christian Standard Bible because they have abandoned me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. Holman Christian Standard Bible because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their fathers, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. American Standard Version Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because they have forsaken me and they defiled this place, and they placed in it incense to other gods which they and their fathers and the Kings of Judea had not known, and they filled this region with innocent blood Brenton Septuagint Translation Because they forsook me, and profaned this place, and burnt incense in it to strange gods, which they and their fathers knew not; and the kings of Juda have filled this place with innocent blood, Douay-Rheims Bible Because they have forsaken me, and have profaned this place: and have sacrificed therein to strange gods, whom neither they nor their fathers knew, nor the kings of Juda: and they have filled this place with the blood of innocents. English Revised Version Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; GOD'S WORD® Translation "The people, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have abandoned me. They have made this place unrecognizable by burning incense as an offering to other gods that they hadn't heard of. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people. Good News Translation I am going to do this because the people have abandoned me and defiled this place by offering sacrifices here to other gods--gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah have known anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people, International Standard Version For they have forsaken me and have treated this place as foreign. In it they have burned incense to other gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah knew. They have also filled this place with the blood of innocent people. JPS Tanakh 1917 because they have forsaken Me, and have estranged this place, and have offered in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; Literal Standard Version because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make incense in it to other gods, that they did not know, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood, Majority Standard Bible because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. New American Bible All because they have forsaken me and profaned this place by burning incense to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors knew; and because the kings of Judah have filled this place with innocent blood, NET Bible I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children. New Revised Standard Version Because the people have forsaken me, and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah have known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent, New Heart English Bible Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they did not know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents, Webster's Bible Translation Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; World English Bible Because they have forsaken me, and have defiled this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods that they didn’t know—they, their fathers, and the kings of Judah—and have filled this place with the blood of innocents, Young's Literal Translation because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place with innocent blood, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Broken Jar…3saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, 4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him. 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. 2 Kings 21:16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD. 2 Kings 23:10 He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech. Isaiah 65:11 But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny, Jeremiah 1:16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands. Jeremiah 2:13 "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns--broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Treasury of Scripture Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; they have. Jeremiah 2:13,17,19,34 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water… Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. Jeremiah 15:6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. estranged. 2 Kings 21:4,5,7 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name… 2 Kings 23:11,12 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire… 2 Chronicles 33:4-7 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever… burned. Jeremiah 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; Jeremiah 11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. Jeremiah 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; filled. Jeremiah 2:30,34 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion… Jeremiah 7:31,32 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart… Jeremiah 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. Jump to Previous Alien Blood Burned Estranged Fathers Filled Forsaken Gods Incense Innocent Innocents Judah Kings Profaned SacrificesJump to Next Alien Blood Burned Estranged Fathers Filled Forsaken Gods Incense Innocent Innocents Judah Kings Profaned SacrificesJeremiah 19 1. Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshown the desolation of the Jews(4) Have estranged this place.--i.e., have alienated it from Jehovah its true Lord, and given it to a strange god. The words refer specially to the guilt of Manasseh (2Chronicles 33:4). The blood of innocents.--The words seem at first to refer to the Molech sacrifices, which had made the valley of Hinnom infamous. These, however, are mentioned separately in the next verse, and the prophet probably spoke rather here, as in Jeremiah 2:34; Jeremiah 7:6, of the "innocent blood" with which Manasseh had filled Jerusalem (2Kings 21:16; 2Kings 24:4, where the same word is used). . . . Verse 4. - Have estranged this place; rather, have treated this place as strange; i.e. as one that did not belong to their God, that was unholy (comp. Jeremiah 16:18, "They have defiled ray land"). With the blood of innocents; comp." Innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters" (Psalm 106:38) - the children sacrificed in Hinnom to Moloch.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew becauseיַ֣עַן ׀ (ya·‘an) Adverb Strong's 3282: Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause they have abandoned Me עֲזָבֻ֗נִי (‘ă·zā·ḇu·nî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit and made this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that a foreign וַֽיְנַכְּר֞וּ (way·nak·kə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize place. הַמָּק֤וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition They have burned incense וַיְקַטְּרוּ־ (way·qaṭ·ṭə·rū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire in it בוֹ֙ (ḇōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew to other אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other gods לֵאלֹהִ֣ים (lê·lō·hîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative that אֲשֶׁ֧ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that [neither] they הֵ֥מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They nor their fathers וַאֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (wa·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father nor the kings וּמַלְכֵ֣י (ū·mal·ḵê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4428: A king of Judah יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites have [ever] לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no known. יְדָע֛וּם (yə·ḏā·‘ūm) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 3045: To know They have filled וּמָֽלְא֛וּ (ū·mā·lə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of this הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that place הַמָּק֥וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition with the blood דַּ֥ם (dam) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed of the innocent. נְקִיִּֽם׃ (nə·qî·yim) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt Links Jeremiah 19:4 NIVJeremiah 19:4 NLT Jeremiah 19:4 ESV Jeremiah 19:4 NASB Jeremiah 19:4 KJV Jeremiah 19:4 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 19:4 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 19:4 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 19:4 French Bible Jeremiah 19:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 19:4 Because they have forsaken me and have (Jer.) |
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