Jeremiah 9:12-16
Legacy Standard Bible
12 Who is the (A)wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom (B)the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? (C)Why has the land perished, turned into ruin like a desert, so that no one passes through? 13 Yahweh said, “Because they have (D)forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to My voice nor walked according to it, 14 but have (E)walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the (F)Baals, as their (G)fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, (H)I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them [a](I)poisoned water to drink. 16 I will (J)scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the (K)sword after them until I have consumed them.”
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Jeremiah 9:12-16
Common English Bible
12 Who is wise enough to understand this?
Who has been taught by the Lord
and can therefore explain it?
Why has the land been reduced to rubble
and laid waste like a desert,
with no one passing through?
13 The Lord says: It is because they have abandoned my Instruction that I gave them, and haven’t obeyed or followed it. 14 Instead, they have followed their own willful hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their ancestors taught them. 15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to feed this people bitter food and give them poison to drink. 16 I will scatter them among nations about whom neither they nor their ancestors have ever heard. I will pursue them with the sword until all are gone.
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