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A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 9:13

In 11 translations

BSB
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.
KJV
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
WEB
Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,
ASV
And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
LSV
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,
YLT
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,
DBY
And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,
DRC
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.
GNV
And the Lord sayeth, Because they haue forsaken my Lawe, which I set before them, and haue not obeyed my voice, neither walked thereafter,
JPS9:12
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;
LXXE9:12
And the Lord said to me, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not hearkened to my voice;

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Original-language editions

WLC9:12
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־עָזְבָם֙ אֶת־תּ֣וֹרָתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹא־שָׁמְע֥וּ בְקוֹלִ֖י וְלֹא־הָ֥לְכוּ בָֽהּ׃KJV:Jer.9.13
LXX-Br9:12
Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς μὲ, διὰ τὸ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν αὐτοὺς τὸν νόμον μου, ὃν ἔδωκα πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς μου,

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  • Jeremiah 22:9Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
  • 2 Chronicles 7:19But 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,
  • Ezra 9:10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
  • Psalms 119:53Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
  • Psalms 89:30–32If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
  • Deuteronomy 31:16–17And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the…
  • Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
  • Zephaniah 3:1–6Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are…

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  • 9:12 in some Bibles
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