For our ancestors have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God; they have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the dwelling of the Lord and turned their backs.
Jeremiah 2:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 who say to a tree, “You are my father,” and to a stone, “You gave me birth.” For they have turned their backs to me and not their faces. But in the time of their trouble they say, “Come and save us!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Inasmuch as] they say to a tree, You are my father, and to a stone, You gave me birth. For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces; but in the time of their trouble, they say, Arise [O Lord] and save us! American Standard Version (1901) who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. Common English Bible when they say to a piece of wood, “You are my father,” and to a stone, “You gave me birth.” They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Yet in their time of trouble they say, “Arise and save us!” Catholic Public Domain Version For they say to a piece of wood, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You have conceived me.' They have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their affliction, they will say: 'Rise up and deliver us.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying to a stock: Thou art my father. And to a stone: Thou hast begotten me. They have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us. |
For our ancestors have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God; they have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the dwelling of the Lord and turned their backs.
O Lord, in distress they sought you; they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction given by idols is no better than wood!
Like the wind from the east, I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.
a wild ass at home in the wilderness in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!
Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree.
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob, yet he shall be rescued from it.
They have turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I have taught them persistently, they would not listen and accept correction.
King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Please pray for us to the Lord our God.”
the prophet Jeremiah and said, “Be good enough to listen to our plea, and pray to the Lord your God for us—for all this remnant. For there are only a few of us left out of many, as your eyes can see.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitutions.
And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord; there, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, prostrating themselves to the sun toward the east.
“Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
My people consult a piece of wood, and their divining rod gives them oracles. For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have prostituted themselves, forsaking their God.
I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor:
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; they gash themselves for grain and wine; they rebel against me.