Jeremiah 3:9
King James Version (KJV)
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
In context
7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:9 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- WEB World English Bible
- Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her lewdness, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.