Jeremiah 9:13

A Lament over Zion

12Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?13And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.14Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

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Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;
Douay-Rheims 1899
And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law, which I gave them, and have not heard my voice, and have not walked in it.
Free Bible Version
The Lord replied, It's because they have given up keeping my laws that I placed before them. They haven't followed them; they haven't done what I told them.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the Lord sayeth, Because they haue forsaken my Lawe, which I set before them, and haue not obeyed my voice, neither walked thereafter,
King James (Authorized) Version
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
Translation for Translators
Yahweh replied, “These things will happen because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Yahweh says, “It is because they have abandoned my law that I set before them, because they do not listen to my voice or walk by it.
Noah Webster Bible
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
World English Bible
Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,