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
New Living Translation
12 Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain it to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it?
13 The Lord replies, “This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said. 14 Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them. 15 So now, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. 16 I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”
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