Jeremiah 9:12-16
English Standard Version
12 (A)Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined (B)and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through? 13 And the Lord says: (C)“Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, 14 but (D)have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (E)Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them (F)poisonous water to drink. 16 (G)I will scatter them among the nations (H)whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will (I)send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
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Jeremiah 9:12-16
International Standard Version
The Reason for Judgment
12 Who is the wise person who understands this, and to whom has the Lord[a] 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,[b] as their ancestors taught them.”
15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Look, I’ll make these people eat wormwood[c] and drink poisoned water. 16 I’ll scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I’ll pursue them with the sword until I’ve finished them off.”
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- Jeremiah 9:12 Lit. the mouth of the Lord
- Jeremiah 9:14 I.e. images of the Canaanite storm god
- Jeremiah 9:15 I.e. a bitter plant
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