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Jeremiah 22:9
And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.
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Christian Standard Bible®
They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.’”
They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.’”
Hebrew Names Version
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
King James Version
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
English Standard Version
And they will answer, "Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them."'"
And they will answer, "Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them."'"
New American Standard Bible
"Then they will answer, 'Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'"
"Then they will answer, 'Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'"
New Century Version
And the answer will be: ‘Because the people of Judah quit following the agreement with the Lord their God. They worshiped and served other gods.'"
And the answer will be: ‘Because the people of Judah quit following the agreement with the Lord their God. They worshiped and served other gods.'"
Amplified Bible
"Then they will answer, 'Because the people ignored and abandoned the [solemn] covenant with the LORD their God and worshiped other gods and served them.'"
"Then they will answer, 'Because the people ignored and abandoned the [solemn] covenant with the LORD their God and worshiped other gods and served them.'"
World English Bible
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lorde their God, & worshipped other gods, and serued them.
Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lorde their God, & worshipped other gods, and serued them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they will say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped other gods and served them.'"
Then they will say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped other gods and served them.'"
Berean Standard Bible
Then people will reply, 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.'
Then people will reply, 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.'
Contemporary English Version
Others will answer, "It's because the people worshiped foreign gods and broke the agreement that the Lord their God had made with them."
Others will answer, "It's because the people worshiped foreign gods and broke the agreement that the Lord their God had made with them."
Complete Jewish Bible
The answer will be, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God and worshipped other gods, serving them.'"
The answer will be, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God and worshipped other gods, serving them.'"
Darby Translation
And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Easy-to-Read Version
This will be the answer to that question: ‘God destroyed Jerusalem because the people of Judah stopped following the agreement of the Lord their God. They worshiped and served other gods.'"
This will be the answer to that question: ‘God destroyed Jerusalem because the people of Judah stopped following the agreement of the Lord their God. They worshiped and served other gods.'"
George Lamsa Translation
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and worshipped other gods and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and worshipped other gods and served them.
Good News Translation
Then they will answer that it is because you have abandoned your covenant with me, your God, and have worshiped and served other gods."
Then they will answer that it is because you have abandoned your covenant with me, your God, and have worshiped and served other gods."
Lexham English Bible
Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, and bowed down in worship to other gods, and served them.'"
Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, and bowed down in worship to other gods, and served them.'"
Literal Translation
Then they will answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God and worshiped other gods and served them.
Then they will answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God and worshiped other gods and served them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shall it be answered: because they haue broken the couenaunt off the LORDE their God, and haue worshipped and serued strauge goddes.
Then shall it be answered: because they haue broken the couenaunt off the LORDE their God, and haue worshipped and serued strauge goddes.
American Standard Version
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Bible in Basic English
And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.
And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then they shall answer: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.'
Then they shall answer: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.'
King James Version (1611)
Then they shall answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and serued them.
Then they shall answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and serued them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall it be aunswered: Because they haue broken the couenaunt of the Lorde their God, and haue worshipped and serued straunge Gods.
Then shall it be aunswered: Because they haue broken the couenaunt of the Lorde their God, and haue worshipped and serued straunge Gods.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall say Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.
And they shall say Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.
English Revised Version
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen answere, For thei forsoken the couenaunt of her Lord God, and worschipiden alien goddis, and serueden hem.
And thei schulen answere, For thei forsoken the couenaunt of her Lord God, and worschipiden alien goddis, and serueden hem.
Update Bible Version
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
New English Translation
The answer will come back, "It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods."
The answer will come back, "It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods."
New King James Version
Then they will answer, "Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods and served them."'
Then they will answer, "Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods and served them."'
New Living Translation
And the answer will be, ‘Because they violated their covenant with the Lord their God by worshiping other gods.'"
And the answer will be, ‘Because they violated their covenant with the Lord their God by worshiping other gods.'"
New Life Bible
And they will answer, ‘Because they did not keep the agreement of the Lord their God. They worshiped other gods and served them.'"
And they will answer, ‘Because they did not keep the agreement of the Lord their God. They worshiped other gods and served them.'"
New Revised Standard
And they will answer, "Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them."
And they will answer, "Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, their God, - And bowed down to other gods And served them.
And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, their God, - And bowed down to other gods And served them.
Revised Standard Version
And they will answer, "Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods and served them."'"
And they will answer, "Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods and served them."'"
Young's Literal Translation
And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'
And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'"
"Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'"
Contextual Overview
1 Thus saith the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Juda, and there thou shalt speak this word, 2 And thou shalt say: Hear the word of the Lord, king of Juda, that sittest upon the throne of David: thou and thy servants, and thy people, who enter in by these gates. 3 Thus saith the Lord: Execute judgment and justice, and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor: and afflict not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, nor oppress them unjustly: and shed not innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you will do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house, kings of the race of David sitting upon his throne, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants, and their people. 5 But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation. 6 For thus saith the Lord to the house of the king of Juda: Thou art to me Galaad the head of Libanus: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities not habitable. 7 And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire. 8 And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbour: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city? 9 And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeremiah 2:17-19, Jeremiah 40:2, Jeremiah 40:3, Jeremiah 50:7, Deuteronomy 29:25-28, 2 Kings 22:17, 2 Chronicles 34:25
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:24 - General 1 Kings 9:8 - Why 1 Kings 19:14 - forsaken 2 Chronicles 7:21 - Why Jeremiah 5:19 - Wherefore Jeremiah 9:12 - for Jeremiah 9:13 - General Jeremiah 16:10 - Wherefore Jeremiah 31:32 - which Jeremiah 44:3 - of their Lamentations 1:18 - hear Ezekiel 5:8 - in the Ezekiel 5:15 - an instruction Ezekiel 12:16 - and they Ezekiel 14:23 - that I have not Ezekiel 16:59 - which Ezekiel 23:10 - famous Ezekiel 23:30 - thou hast Ezekiel 24:8 - I have set Ezekiel 39:23 - the heathen Amos 3:9 - and behold Hebrews 8:9 - they continued
Cross-References
Genesis 8:20
And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.
And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.
Genesis 12:7
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 22:1
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.
Genesis 22:2
He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee.
He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee.
Genesis 22:4
And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off.
And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off.
Genesis 22:7
Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust?
Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust?
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together.
And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together.
Genesis 22:10
And he put forth his hand, and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.
And he put forth his hand, and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.
Genesis 22:17
I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.
I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore; thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies.
Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then they shall answer,.... Or, "it shall be answered" e; by some in company, acquainted with the history of this people:
because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God; the Lord was the God of these people; he chose them for his peculiar people, and distinguished them by his favours from others; a covenant was made with them, in which many good things were promised them upon their obedience; this was kept by him, but forsaken and broken by them; they forsook their covenant God, his law and his worship; and that was the cause of their ruin:
and worshipped other gods, and served them; the idols of the people, as the Targum; they left the true God, who had done great and good things for them, and worshipped those who were only gods by name, and not by nature; and served stocks and stones, the vanities of the Gentiles, who could not bestow one good thing on them; such were their stupidity and ingratitude, and therefore very justly given up to destruction. This seems to refer, as Cocceius thinks, not to the first destruction of the city by Nebuchadnezzar, when it had not so clear and full an accomplishment; but to the second destruction of it by the Romans, and the times following that; when the Gospel being preached among the Gentiles, they had a better understanding of the true God, and of his covenant, and of the vanity of idolatry, and of the state of the Jewish nation, and the religion of it, and of the true causes of their ruin.
e ואמרו "respondebitur", Gataker; "dicetur", Piscator.
