Parallel Verses
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 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
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.
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:
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 I said, "Who is wise enough to understand why this has happened? Who has a word from the Lord that can explain it? Why does the land lie in ruins? Why is it as scorched as a desert through which no one travels?" 13 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. 14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:19
"But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,
Jeremiah 22:9
The answer will come back, "It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods."
Deuteronomy 31:16-17
Then the Lord said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
Ezra 9:10
"And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments
Psalm 89:30-32
If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,
Psalm 119:53
Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
Zephaniah 3:1-6
The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!