Jeremiah 9:12-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 Who is the man wise enough to understand this?(A) Who has the Lord spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through?
13 The Lord said, “It is because they abandoned My instruction(B) that I set in front of them and did not obey My voice or walk according to it. 14 Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts(C) and followed after the Baals as their fathers taught them.”(D) 15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood(E) and give them poisonous water to drink.(F) 16 I will scatter them among the nations(G) that they and their fathers have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 9:12-16
Lexham English Bible
12 Who is the wise man that can understand this?
And to whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, so that he may declare it?
Why is the land destroyed?
It is laid waste like the desert[a] so that no one passes through.”
The Nation is Judged by Yahweh
13 And Yahweh said, “Because of their forsaking my law that I set before[b] them, and they have not obeyed my voice, and have not walked in it, 14 but they went after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baals, which their ancestors[c] taught them.” 15 Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Look, I am feeding this people wormwood, and providing drink for them, water of poison, 16 and I will scatter them among the nations that they have not known, they and their ancestors,[d] and I will send the sword after them until I bring them to an end.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Jeremiah 9:12 Or “wilderness”
- Jeremiah 9:13 Literally “to the face of”
- Jeremiah 9:14 Or “fathers”
- Jeremiah 9:16 Or “fathers”
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software