Jeremiah 2:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Hear the word of the Lord, house of Jacob and all families of the house of Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. American Standard Version (1901) Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: Common English Bible Listen to the LORD’s word, people of Judah, all you families of the Israelite household. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel. |
Say, “Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such a disaster on this place that everyone who hears about it will shudder, ,
Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
This is what the Lord says: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they went so far from me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
‘At that time’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.’
‘Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, “The Lord has rejected the two families he had chosen.” My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.
‘ “Yet hear the Lord’s word, King Zedekiah of Judah. This is what the Lord says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.
‘Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord and there call out this word: “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the Lord.
Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in the land!
Now listen to what the Lord is saying: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your complaint.