NASB
""Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'""
— Jeremiah 22:9, NASB
“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.”
“Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.”
For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: "You are like Gilead to Me, Like the summit of Lebanon; Yet most assuredly I will make you like a wilderness, Like cities which are not inhabited.
"For I will set apart destroyers against you, Each with his weapons; And they will cut down your choicest cedars And throw them on the fire.
"Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?'
"Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'"
Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him, But weep continually for the one who goes away; For he will never return Or see his native land.
For thus says the LORD in regard to Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in the place of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place, "He will never return there;
but in the place where they led him captive, there he will die and not see this land again.