“But if you turn away and forsake My laws and My commands which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other mighty ones, and bow yourself to them,
Jeremiah 9:13 - The Scriptures 2009 And יהוה says, “Because they have forsaken My Torah which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, Common English Bible The LORD says: It is because they have abandoned my Instruction that I gave them, and haven’t obeyed or followed it. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said: "It is because they have abandoned my law, which I gave to them, and they have not listened to my voice, and they have not walked by it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it. |
“But if you turn away and forsake My laws and My commands which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other mighty ones, and bow yourself to them,
“And now, O our Elohim, what do we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commands,
Those who forsake the Torah praise the wrong, Those who guard the Torah strive with them.
This evil people, who refuse to hear My Words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and walk after other mighty ones to serve them and to bow themselves to them, is like this girdle which is completely useless.
“Then they shall say, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of יהוה their Elohim, and bowed themselves to other mighty ones and served them.’ ”
“And it shall be, when they say, ‘Why does יהוה our Elohim do all this to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign mighty ones in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’
“But they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did evil, more than their fathers.