So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, man of God? Have you come to me to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
Jeremiah 44:21 - Tree of Life Version “The incense-burning that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you and your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—Adonai did remember them, they did come into His heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem–you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land–did not the Lord [earnestly] remember [your idolatrous wickedness] and did it not come into His mind? American Standard Version (1901) The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember them, and came it not into his mind? Common English Bible “Do you really think the LORD was unaware of what you were up to in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? Don’t you think the LORD knew that you and your ancestors were making offerings to other gods—along with your kings and officials, and the people of the land? Catholic Public Domain Version "Was this not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your leaders, and the people of the land, which has been called to mind by the Lord and which has entered into his heart? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Juda and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, which the Lord hath remembered: and hath it not entered into his heart? |
So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, man of God? Have you come to me to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
Do not hold against us the sins of our fathers. May Your mercies come quickly to meet us, for we are brought very low.
Your holy cities became a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
For as numerous as your cities are your gods, O Judah, and as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing—altars to burn incense to Baal.
Thus says Adonai to this people: How they loved to wander, They did not restrain their feet. So Adonai does not accept them. Now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
because of all the evil the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done to provoke Me—they, their kings, their princes, their kohanim, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Instead we will definitely do every word as went out of our mouth—burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we did, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—for then we had plenty of food, were well off, and saw no calamity.
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and the women, to all the people that were giving him such an answer, saying:
Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, the evils of the kings of Judah, the evils of their wives, and your own evils and the evils of your wives, which were committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
“Then you built a mound for yourself. You made a high place for yourself in every square.
But they never admit in their heart that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them. They are right before My face.
Adonai swore by the Pride of Jacob: “Never will I forget all their deeds!
“Adonai saw, and He spurned His sons and His daughters out of vexation.
Then the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to force her to drink the cup of the wine of His furious wrath.
For her sins have piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
Now go and strike down Amalek and put all he has under the ban of destruction—so have no pity on him; but kill both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”