Jeremiah 9:13
Berean Standard Bible (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.
In context
11 “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
13 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.
14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
Jeremiah 9:13 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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 King James Version
- 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 World English Bible
- The LORD says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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 Darby Translation
- 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,
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;