However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,
Jeremiah 9:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord said, ‘It is because they abandoned my instruction, which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, Common English Bible The LORD says: It is because they have abandoned my Instruction that I gave them, and haven’t obeyed or followed it. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said: "It is because they have abandoned my law, which I gave to them, and they have not listened to my voice, and they have not walked by it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it. |
However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,
Now, our God, what can we say in light of this? For we have abandoned the commands
Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.
These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship #– #they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.
They will answer, “Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.” ’
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.”
However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.