Jeremiah 25:8
What does Jeremiah 25:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 25:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Because that ye have not obeyed My words,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Because you have not heard my words:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not listened to my words,
Context
v.7Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
v.8This passage
v.9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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