Bible in Basic English
"But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching."
— Jeremiah 9:14, Bible in Basic English
“But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:”
“but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them; ”
“but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;”
“Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.”
And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.
Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through?
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;
But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.
So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.
And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers: and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come: