And I will utter my judgments against them, for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have made offerings to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
Jeremiah 7:17 - New Revised Standard Version Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? American Standard Version (1901) Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? Common English Bible Can’t you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? Catholic Public Domain Version Have you not seen what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Juda and in the streets of Jerusalem? |
And I will utter my judgments against them, for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have made offerings to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come, set it on fire, and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and libations have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
because of all the evil of the people of Israel and the people of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger—they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the citizens of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Instead, we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We used to have plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no misfortune.
Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, “I beg you not to do this abominable thing that I hate!”
So my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a waste and a desolation, as they still are today.
I have made you a tester and a refiner among my people so that you may know and test their ways.
As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry or prayer on their behalf, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.
The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
They shall console you, when you see their ways and their deeds; and you shall know that it was not without cause that I did all that I have done in it, says the Lord God.