Jeremiah 9:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 9:13

11 “I will make Jerusalem ^aa heap of ruins, ^ba den of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”

12 ^aWho is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?

13 And the Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have ^anot obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it,

14 but they have ^awalked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, ^bwhich their fathers taught them,”

15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will ^afeed them, this people, ^bwith wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

16 I will ^ascatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. ^bAnd I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”

The People Mourn in Judgment

17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Consider and call for ^athe mourning women,
That they may come;
And send for skillful wailing women,
That they may come.

18 Let them make haste
And take up a wailing for us,
That ^aour eyes may run with tears,
And our eyelids gush with water.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 9:13

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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® Bible
And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to {and} obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said: I destroyed the land because the people disobeyed me and rejected my laws and teachings.

Darby English Version
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,

Good News Bible
The LORD answered, "This has happened because my people have abandoned the teaching that I gave them. They have not obeyed me or done what I told them.

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;

New American Standard Bible
The LORD said, "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

New International Version
The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law.

New King James Version
And the LORD said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The LORD said, "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD says: "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accord with it,

Young's 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,

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