You are righteous concerning all that has happened to us, because you have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
Jeremiah 44:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised because of the evil they committed to anger me, by going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your ancestors did not know. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because of the wickedness which they committed, provoking Me to anger in that they went to burn incense to serve other gods that they did not know–neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. American Standard Version (1901) because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, that they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers. Common English Bible because of their evil ways. They have angered me by making offerings and worshipping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors knew. Catholic Public Domain Version because of the wickedness which they have done, so that they provoked me to wrath, and because they went to offer sacrifice and worship to strange gods, which neither they, nor you, nor your fathers knew. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because of the wickedness which they have committed, to provoke me to wrath, and to go and offer sacrifice and worship other gods which neither they, nor you nor your fathers knew. |
You are righteous concerning all that has happened to us, because you have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they have spoken and acted against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
‘The Lord of Armies who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.’
‘When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, “Why has the Lord declared all this terrible disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? ”
They will answer, “Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.” ’
I will do this because they have not listened to my words’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘the words that I sent to them with my servants the prophets time and time again. , And you too have not listened.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
From their youth, the Israelites and Judeans have done nothing but what is evil in my sight! They have done nothing but anger me by the work of their hands’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #
Because you burned incense and sinned against the Lord and didn’t obey the Lord and didn’t follow his instruction, his statutes, and his testimonies, this disaster has come to you, as you see today.’
You are angering me by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to stay for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an example for cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.
When people ask, “For what offence has the Lord our God done all these things to us? ”, you will respond to them, “Just as you abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”
Should I not punish them for these things? This is the Lord’s declaration. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
But are they really provoking me? ’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace? ’
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.
Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her.
He answered me, ‘The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, “The Lord has abandoned the land; he does not see.”
we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from your commands and ordinances.
‘If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let’s go and worship other gods” #– #which neither you nor your ancestors have known,
Then people will answer, “It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, which he had made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
They began to serve other gods, bowing in worship to gods they had not known #– #gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known, new gods that had just arrived, which your ancestors did not fear.
For who heard and rebelled? Wasn’t it all who came out of Egypt under Moses?