Jeremiah 22:9
What does Jeremiah 22:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 22:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah theirGod, and worshipped othergods, and served them.
Context
v.8And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
v.9This passage
v.10Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 50:7
All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
- Jeremiah 40:2
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;
- Deuteronomy 29:25
Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
- Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
- 2 Chronicles 34:25
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
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