Jeremiah 22:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

KJV

Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

WEB

Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’”

ASV

Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

LSV

And they have said, “Because that they have forsaken || The covenant of their God YHWH, || And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.”

YLT

And they have said, 'Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'

DBY

And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.ElohimElohim

DRC

And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.

GNV

Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and serued them.

JPS

Then they shall answer: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.'

LXXE

And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאָ֣מְר֔וּ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָֽזְב֔וּ אֶת־בְּרִ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּ לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים וַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐροῦσιν, ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐγκατέλιπον τὴν διαθήκην Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν, καὶ προσεκύνησαν θεοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις, καὶ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτοῖς.

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• 2 Chronicles 34:25because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
• 2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
• Jeremiah 2:17–19Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to…
• Deuteronomy 29:25–28And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went and served other gods, and…
• Jeremiah 40:2–3The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place, and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against…
• Jeremiah 50:7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

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