Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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.

New American Standard Bible

but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”

King James Version

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

Holman Bible

Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed after the Baals as their fathers taught them.”

International Standard Version

Instead, they followed their rebellious hearts and the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."

A Conservative Version

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.

American Standard Version

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;

Amplified

but have walked stubbornly after their [own] heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”

Bible in Basic English

But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

Darby Translation

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;

Julia Smith Translation

And they went after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baalims which their fathers taught them.

King James 2000

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

Lexham Expanded Bible

but they went after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baals, which their ancestors taught them."

Modern King James verseion

but they have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but followed the wickedness of their own hearts, and served strange gods, as their fathers taught them.

New Heart English Bible

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;

The Emphasized Bible

But have gone their way, After the stubbornness of their own heart, - And after the Baals which their fathers taught them,

Webster

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

World English Bible

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;

Youngs Literal Translation

And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

שׁרירוּת 
Sh@riyruwth 
Usage: 10

and after
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 81

Context Readings

Judah's Failures

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. 15 So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, say. 'I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.

Cross References

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the Lord's throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord's name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.

Romans 1:21-24

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Galatians 1:14

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold,

Genesis 6:5

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

Jeremiah 2:8

Your priests did not ask, 'Where is the Lord?' Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.

Jeremiah 2:23

"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.

Jeremiah 44:17

Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.

Zechariah 1:4-5

"Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Turn now from your evil wickedness,"' but they would by no means obey me," says the Lord.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

Ephesians 4:17-19

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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