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A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 9:14

In 11 translations

BSB
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
KJV
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:imagination: or, stubbornness
WEB
but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”
ASV
but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;
LSV
And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, || And after the Ba‘alim, || That their fathers taught them,”
YLT
And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,
DBY
but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;
DRC
But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them.
GNV
But haue walked after the stubbernesse of their owne heart, and after Baalims, which their fathers taught them,
JPS9:13
But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.
LXXE9:13
but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them to worship:

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Original-language editions

WLC9:13
וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם וְאַחֲרֵי֙ הַבְּעָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִמְּד֖וּם אֲבוֹתָֽם׃KJV:Jer.9.14
LXX-Br9:13
ἀλλʼ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω τῶν ἀρεστῶν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν τῆς κακῆς, καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν εἰδώλων ἃ ἐδίδαξαν αὐτοὺς οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν.

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  • Jeremiah 3:17At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
  • Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
  • Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
  • Galatians 1:14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
  • 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
  • Romans 1:21–24For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,…
  • Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
  • Jeremiah 2:8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
  • Ephesians 4:17–19So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because…
  • Zechariah 1:4–5Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.…
  • Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the…
  • Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

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  • 9:13 in some Bibles
  • 9:14 in most Bibles

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