Jeremiah 22:9 “Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of th…”

Jeremiah 22:9

Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

World English Bible

Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’”

American Standard Version

Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and serued them.

Darby Translation

And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

Young's Literal Translation

And they have said, 'Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'

Bible in Basic English

And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

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Cross references

“Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.”

2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25 Jeremiah 2:17–19 Jeremiah 50:7 Deuteronomy 29:25–28 Jeremiah 40:2

2 Kings 22:17 · BSB

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

2 Chronicles 34:25 · BSB

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’

Jeremiah 2:17–19 · BSB

Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 50:7 · BSB

All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

Deuteronomy 29:25–28 · BSB

And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Jeremiah 40:2 · BSB

The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

10Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

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