Jeremiah 22:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God and worshiped and served other gods.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then they shall answer,{H559} Because they forsook{H5800} the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} other{H312} gods,{H430} and served{H5647} them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then they shall answer{H559}{(H8804)}, Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} other{H312} gods{H430}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then shall it be answered: because they haue broken the couenaunt off the LORDE their God, and haue worshipped and serued strauge goddes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lorde their God, & worshipped other gods, and serued them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then shall it be aunswered: Because they haue broken the couenaunt of the Lorde their God, and haue worshipped and serued straunge Gods.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The answer will come back,“It is because they broke their covenant with the LORD their God and worshiped and served other gods.”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 22:17 : 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
  • 2 Chr 34:25 : 25 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
  • Jer 2:17-19 : 17 Have you not brought this upon yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you in the way? 18 And now what do you have to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what do you have to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? 19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
  • Jer 40:2-3 : 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this calamity upon this place. 3 Now the LORD has brought it, and done as He has said: because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing has come upon you.
  • Jer 50:7 : 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
  • Deut 29:25-28 : 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them: 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

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