But Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations whom Adonai destroyed before Bnei-Yisrael.
Jeremiah 2:33 - Tree of Life Version How clever are your ways of seeking love. Therefore you even taught wicked women your ways. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How you deck yourself and direct your way to procure [adulterous] love! Because of it even wicked women have learned [indecent] ways from you. American Standard Version (1901) How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways. Common English Bible So skilled are you at pursuing lovers that you instruct even the most wicked. Catholic Public Domain Version Why are you striving to claim that your way is good, as if to seek my love, when all the while you are also displaying your malice by your own way, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why dost thou endeavor to shew thy way good to seek my love, thou who has also taught thy malices to be thy ways, |
But Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations whom Adonai destroyed before Bnei-Yisrael.
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled— I have not gone after the Baalim? Look at your behavior in the Valley! Recognize what you have done. You are a swift young camel galloping aimlessly,
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.
Moreover on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor —you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things,
Why do you make light of changing your way? You will be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
“So behold, I stretched out My hand over you. I diminished your ration. I gave you over to those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your indecent conduct.
You have not only walked in their ways and gone after their abominations, but in a very short time, you have acted more corruptly than them in all your ways.”
I will also put an end to all her rejoicing— her feasts, her New Moon, her Shabbat, and all her moadim.