Jeremiah 9:13

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Summary

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

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Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”

The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.

“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,

“If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who forsake Your law.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law strive with them.

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city!