But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Jeremiah 4:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They have her surrounded like those who guard a field, because she has rebelled against me. This is the Lord’s declaration. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like keepers of a field they are against her round about, because she has been rebellious against Me, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible They hem her in like those guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version They have been stationed over her, like the guardians of fields, all around. For she has provoked me to wrath, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are set round about her, as keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord. |
But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.
You were patient with them for many years, and your Spirit warned them through your prophets, but they would not listen. Therefore, you handed them over to the surrounding peoples.
Daughter Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
They are a rebellious people, deceptive children, children who do not want to listen to the Lord’s instruction.
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and have gone away.
In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all round.
The Lord is just, for I have rebelled against his command. Listen, all you people; look at my pain. My young women and young men have gone into captivity.
Jerusalem has sinned grievously; therefore, she has become an object of scorn. All who honoured her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away.
You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have known you.