Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn't obey me and didn't live according to it.
New American Standard Bible
The Lord said, “Because they have
King James Version
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
Holman Bible
The Lord said, “It is because they abandoned My instruction
A Conservative Version
And LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it,
American Standard Version
And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
Amplified
The Lord said, “Because they have
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;
Darby Translation
And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say, For their forsaking my law which I gave before their face, and they heard not to my voice, and they went not in it.
King James 2000
And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Yahweh said, "Because of their forsaking my law that I set {before} them, and they have not obeyed my voice, and have not walked in it,
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah says, Because they have forsaken My Law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, and have not walked in it,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea the LORD himself told the same unto them, that forsook his law, and kept not the thing that he gave them in commandment, neither lived thereafter:
NET Bible
The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh, - Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, - And have not hearkened to hay voice neither walked therein;
Webster
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
World English Bible
Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,
Themes
Disobedience to God » Bitter results of, illustrated
Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Interlinear
`azab
Nathan
Paniym
Shama`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 9:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah's Failures
12 Who is the wise person who understands this, and to whom has the LORD spoken so that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, ruined like the desert, without anyone passing through it? 13 The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn't obey me and didn't live according to it. 14 Instead, they followed their rebellious hearts and the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:19
"But if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have given you, and if you walk away to serve other gods and worship them,
Jeremiah 22:9
Then people will respond, "It is because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have bowed down to other gods and served them.'
Deuteronomy 31:16-17
Then the LORD told Moses, "Look! You are about to join your ancestors. Afterwards, this people will rebel and commit prostitution with the foreign gods of the land that they are about to enter to possess. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I made with them.
Ezra 9:10
Now, our God, what can we say besides this? Because we have abandoned your commandments
Psalm 89:30-32
"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,
Psalm 119:53
I burn with indignation because of the wicked who forsake your instruction.
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked, but whoever keeps it fights them.
Zephaniah 3:1-6
Woe to this filthy, polluted, and oppressive city!