Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. New Living Translation The LORD replies, “This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said. English Standard Version And the LORD says: “Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, Berean Standard Bible And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. King James Bible And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; New King James Version And the LORD said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, New American Standard Bible The LORD said, “Because they have abandoned My Law which I put before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, NASB 1995 The LORD said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, NASB 1977 And the LORD said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh said, “Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to My voice nor walked according to it, Amplified Bible The LORD said, “Because they have turned away from My law which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice nor walked in accordance with it, Christian Standard Bible The LORD said, “It is because they abandoned my instruction, which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD said, “It is because they abandoned My instruction that I set in front of them and did not obey My voice or walk according to it. American Standard Version And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And LORD JEHOVAH said: “Because they have forsaken my Law which I gave to them and to their fathers, and they did not listen to my voice, and they did not walk in it Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord said to me, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not hearkened to my voice; Contemporary English Version The LORD said: I destroyed the land because the people disobeyed me and rejected my laws and teachings. Douay-Rheims Bible And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law, which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it. English Revised Version And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD answered, "They've abandoned my teachings that I placed in front of them. They didn't obey me, and they didn't follow them. Good News Translation The LORD answered, "This has happened because my people have abandoned the teaching that I gave them. They have not obeyed me or done what I told them. International Standard Version The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn't obey me and didn't live according to it. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the LORD saith: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, And have not hearkened to My voice, neither walked therein; Literal Standard Version And YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, | And they have not listened to My voice nor walked in it, Majority Standard Bible And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. New American Bible The LORD said: Because they have abandoned my law, which I set before them, and did not listen to me or follow it, NET Bible The LORD answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws. New Revised Standard Version And the LORD says: Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accordance with it, New Heart English Bible The LORD says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it, Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; World English Bible Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways, Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Lament over Zion…12Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it? 13And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. 14Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”… Cross References 2 Chronicles 7:19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, Psalm 89:30 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, Jeremiah 5:19 And when the people ask, 'For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' You are to tell them, 'Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'" Jeremiah 22:9 Then people will reply, 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.'" Treasury of Scripture And the LORD said, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; Jeremiah 22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. Deuteronomy 31:16,17 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them… 2 Chronicles 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Jump to Previous Accord Attention Followed Forsaken Forsaking Guided Hearkened Law Obeyed Therein Voice WalkedJump to Next Accord Attention Followed Forsaken Forsaking Guided Hearkened Law Obeyed Therein Voice WalkedJeremiah 9 1. Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;9. and for their judgment. 12. Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity. 17. He exhorts to mourn for their destruction; 23. and to trust not in themselves, but in God. 25. He threatens both Jews and Gentiles. Verse 13. - There is no answer, for the wise men are ashamed (Jeremiah 8:9); so Jehovah himself takes up his speech. My law which I set before them; not in reference to the publication of the Law on Sinai, but, as Keil rightly points out, to the oral exhibition of the Torah by the prophets. Neither walked therein; viz. in the Law. (On the precise contents of the term here rendered "Law," see note on Jeremiah 8:8.) Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the LORDיְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH answered, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “It is because עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against they have forsaken עָזְבָם֙ (‘ā·zə·ḇām) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit My law תּ֣וֹרָתִ֔י (tō·w·rā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I set נָתַ֖תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set before them; לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם (lip̄·nê·hem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face they have not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no walked הָ֥לְכוּ (hā·lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in it בָֽהּ׃ (ḇāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew [or] וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no obeyed שָׁמְע֥וּ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently My voice. בְקוֹלִ֖י (ḇə·qō·w·lî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound Links Jeremiah 9:13 NIVJeremiah 9:13 NLT Jeremiah 9:13 ESV Jeremiah 9:13 NASB Jeremiah 9:13 KJV Jeremiah 9:13 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 9:13 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 9:13 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 9:13 French Bible Jeremiah 9:13 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:13 Yahweh says Because they have forsaken my (Jer.) |