Jeremiah 22:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
In context
7 I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
8 And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
9 Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
10 Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
11 For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
Jeremiah 22:9 in every translation
- BSB 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.’”
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
- YLT 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.