Jonah 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Those who cherish worthless idols abandon their faithful love, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They that observe lying vanities Forsake their own mercy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy and loving-kindness. American Standard Version (1901) They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy. Common English Bible Those deceived by worthless things lose their chance for mercy. Catholic Public Domain Version When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple. |
They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.
They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of distress, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and they will say, ‘Our ancestors inherited only lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.’
For my people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves #– # cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Listen, all you peoples; pay attention, earth and everyone in it! The Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord, from his holy temple.
Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or rescue you; they are worthless.