But to the wicked, God says: “What are you doing, reciting My laws and taking My covenant in your mouth?
Jeremiah 11:15 - Tree of Life Version “What is My beloved doing in My House as she does evil schemes with many? Can holy meat prevent your disaster? So you may rejoice? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What right has My beloved [to be] in My house when she has wrought lewdness and done treacherously many times? Can vows and the holy flesh [of your sacrifices] remove from you your wickedness and avert your calamity? Can you by these [escape your doom and] rejoice exultantly? American Standard Version (1901) What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. Common English Bible What are my loved ones doing in my temple while working out their many evil schemes? Can sacred offerings cancel your sin so that you revel in your evil deeds? Catholic Public Domain Version Why has my beloved wrought great wickedness in my house? How can the holy flesh take away from you your wickedness, in which you have gloried? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What is the meaning that my beloved hath wrought muck wickedness in my house? Shall the holy flesh take away from thee thy crimes in which thou hast boasted? |
But to the wicked, God says: “What are you doing, reciting My laws and taking My covenant in your mouth?
You made Your people see hardship. You made us drink wine of staggering.
As doing wickedness is delight to a fool, so is wisdom to a man of discernment.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Adonai, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more when he brings it with evil intent?
One who turns his ear from hearing Torah —even his prayer is an abomination.
Thus says Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
“I have abandoned My House. I have forsaken My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.
Your adulteries, your lustful neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution— on the hills in the field I have seen your loathsome acts. Oy you, Jerusalem! You are unclean! How much longer?”
Then said Adonai to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul could not be toward this people. Cast them out of My presence, and let them go out!”
“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, thus says Adonai: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, and the way you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
For both prophet and kohen are ungodly. Even in My House I found their evil.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
“Return, O backsliding children,” declares Adonai. “For I am your Husband. I will choose you—one from a city and two from a clan— and will bring you to Zion.
I noted that when backsliding Israel committed adultery I sent her away and gave her a certificate of divorce. Yet, unfaithful Judah, her sister, did not fear. Instead she also went and committed adultery.
Then Adonai said to me: “Go again! Love a woman who is loved by a companion and committing adultery—just as Adonai has loved the Bnei-Yisrael, while they were turning to other gods and loving raisin cakes.”
“But when the king came in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who wasn’t dressed in wedding clothes.
Seeing Yeshua, he cried out and fell down before Yeshua, and with a loud voice said, “What’s between You and me, Yeshua, Ben El Elyon? I’m begging You, do not torment me!”
Concerning the Good News, they are hostile for your sake; but concerning chosenness, they are loved on account of the fathers—
To the pure all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Both their mind and conscience are defiled.