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Jeremiah 16:11

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Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

Then shalt thou say {H559} unto them, Because your fathers {H1} have forsaken {H5800} me, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}, and have walked {H3212} after {H310} other {H312} gods {H430}, and have served {H5647} them, and have worshipped {H7812} them, and have forsaken {H5800} me, and have not kept {H8104} my law {H8451};

then you are to say to them, 'It is because your ancestors abandoned me, says ADONAI, and went after other gods, serving and worshipping them, but abandoned me and did not keep my Torah.

Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 106:35 (4 votes)

    But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

  • Psalms 106:41 (4 votes)

    And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

  • 1 Peter 4:3 (3 votes)

    For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

  • 1 Kings 9:9 (3 votes)

    And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

  • Jeremiah 5:7 (3 votes)

    How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

  • Jeremiah 5:9 (3 votes)

    Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Nehemiah 9:26 (3 votes)

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.