And יהוה saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Jeremiah 9:14 - The Scriptures 2009 but they have walked according to the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Ba‛als, which their fathers had taught them.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But have walked stubbornly after their own hearts and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them, American Standard Version (1901) but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them; Common English Bible Instead, they have followed their own willful hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their ancestors taught them. Catholic Public Domain Version And they have gone after the depravity of their own heart, and after Baal, which they learned from their fathers." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them. |
And יהוה saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
He does not allow me to recover my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
But they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, and they did not do.’ ”
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.
And you have done more evil than your fathers, for look, each one walks according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.
“How do you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Ba‛als’? See your way in the valley, know what you have done: a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
“The priests did not say, ‘Where is יהוה?’ And those who handle the Torah did not know Me, and the shepherds transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Ba‛al, and walked after matters that did not profit.
“Therefore thus said יהוה of hosts concerning the prophets, ‘See, I am making them eat wormwood, and shall make them drink poisoned water. For defilement has gone out into all the land from the prophets of Yerushalayim.’ ”
who try to make My people forget My Name by their dreams which everyone relates to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot My Name for Ba‛al.
“At that time Yerushalayim shall be called the throne of יהוה, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the Name of יהוה, to Yerushalayim, and no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
“But we shall do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the sovereigness of the heavens and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our sovereigns and our heads, in the cities of Yehuḏah and in the streets of Yerushalayim. And we had plenty of food, and were well-off, and saw no evil.
“But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves, and let us go into the walled cities, and let us be silent there. For יהוה our Elohim has let us perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against יהוה.
Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Yehuḏah, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they have rejected the Torah of יהוה, and did not guard His laws. And their lies after which their fathers walked lead them astray.
And I progressed in Yehuḏaism beyond many of my age in my race, being more exceedingly ardent for the traditions of my fathers.
among whom also we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.
knowing that you were redeemed from your futile behaviour inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or gold,