Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the Lord said: “It is because they have abandoned my law, which I gave to them, and they have not listened to my voice, and they have not walked by it. "
— Jeremiah 9:13, Catholic Public Domain 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;”
“And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein, ”
“Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,”
“The LORD answered,“This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.”
“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.”
“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;”
“And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;”
I will take up weeping and lamentation over the mountains, and mourning over the beautiful places in the desert. For they have been scorched because no man is passing through them. And they have not heard the voice of any occupant. From the birds of the air, even to the cattle, they have migrated and withdrawn.
And I will make Jerusalem into piles of sand and into a lair for serpents. And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, so much so that there will be no inhabitant.
Who is the wise man who understands this, and to whom a word from the mouth of the Lord may be given, so that he may announce this: why the land has perished, and has been scorched like a desert, so much so that no one passes through it?”
And the Lord said: “It is because they have abandoned my law, which I gave to them, and they have not listened to my voice, and they have not walked by it.
And they have gone after the depravity of their own heart, and after Baal, which they learned from their fathers.”
For this reason, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will feed this people with absinthe, and I will give them the water of gall to drink.
And I will disperse them among nations, which they and their fathers have not known. And I will send the sword after them, until they are consumed.”