King James Version with Apocrypha
"Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them."
— Jeremiah 22:9, King James Version with Apocrypha
“Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.”
“Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. ”
“Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.”
“The answer will come back,“It is because they broke their covenant with the LORD their God and worshiped and served other gods.””
“And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.”
“And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.”
For thus saith the Lord unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.