For Adonai-Tzva’ot, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves, provoking Me by offering sacrifices to Baal.
Jeremiah 40:2 - Tree of Life Version Now the captain of the guard had taken Jeremiah and said to him: “Adonai your God pronounced this evil against this place, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God pronounced evil upon this place. American Standard Version (1901) And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place; Common English Bible The captain of the special guard located Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God declared that a great disaster would overtake this place. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the leader of the military, taking Jeremiah, said to him: "The Lord your God has declared this evil over this place, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the general of the army, taking Jeremias, said to him: The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. |
For Adonai-Tzva’ot, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves, provoking Me by offering sacrifices to Baal.
Everyone finding them devoured them. Their foes said: ‘We’re not guilty!’ Instead, they sinned against Adonai, the habitation of justice—Adonai, the hope of their fathers.”
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
“But if you will not listen to the voice of Adonai your God, to take care to do all His mitzvot and statutes that I am commanding you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
“Adonai saw, and He spurned His sons and His daughters out of vexation.