Jeremiah 3:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

KJV

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.lightness: or, fame

WEB

Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.

ASV

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

LSV

And it has come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she commits fornication with stone and with wood.

YLT

And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood.

DBY

And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

DRC

And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.

GNV

So that for the lightnesse of her whoredome shee hath euen defiled the lande: for shee hath committed fornication with stones and stockes.

JPS

and it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks;

LXXE

And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְהָיָה֙ מִקֹּ֣ל זְנוּתָ֔הּ וַתֶּחֱנַ֖ף אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַתִּנְאַ֥ף אֶת־הָאֶ֖בֶן וְאֶת־הָעֵֽץ׃

LXX-Br

και ἐγένετο εἰς οὐθὲν ἡ πορνεία αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐμοίχευσε τὸ ξύλον καὶ τὸν λίθον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
• Isaiah 57:6Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
• Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with…
• Habakkuk 2:19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
• Jeremiah 2:7I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
• Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
• Ezekiel 16:17You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
• Ezekiel 23:10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
• Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

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