But if you turn away and forsake My decrees and My mitzvot that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
Jeremiah 9:13 - Tree of Life Version but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baalim that their fathers taught them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, Common English Bible The LORD says: It is because they have abandoned my Instruction that I gave them, and haven’t obeyed or followed it. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said: "It is because they have abandoned my law, which I gave to them, and they have not listened to my voice, and they have not walked by it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it. |
But if you turn away and forsake My decrees and My mitzvot that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
“So now, our God, what should we say after this? For we have forsaken Your mitzvot
Burning indignation grips me, because of the wicked who forsake Your Torah.
Those who forsake Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah stir them up.
This wicked people, who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their own heart, and go after other gods to serve them and worship them, will be just like this waistband—worth nothing at all.
Then they will answer: ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai their God, and worshipped other gods and served them.’”
So it will come to pass that when you ask, ‘Why has Adonai Eloheinu done all these things to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
they did not listen to Me or pay attention. Rather, they stiffened their neck, doing more evil than their fathers.