‘The Lord of Armies who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.’
Jeremiah 40:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The captain of the guards took Jeremiah and said to him, ‘The Lord your God decreed this disaster on this place, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God pronounced evil upon this place. American Standard Version (1901) And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place; Common English Bible The captain of the special guard located Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God declared that a great disaster would overtake this place. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the leader of the military, taking Jeremiah, said to him: "The Lord your God has declared this evil over this place, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the general of the army, taking Jeremias, said to him: The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. |
‘The Lord of Armies who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.’
Whoever found them devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We’re not guilty; instead, they have sinned against the Lord, their righteous grazing land, the hope of their ancestors, the Lord.’
But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
‘But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all his commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, “Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ”
When the Lord saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.