Jeremiah 3:9
World English Bible (WEB)
Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
In context
7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says the LORD.
11 The LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:9 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
- 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.
- 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.