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Jeremiah 7:9

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Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Will ye steal {H1589}, murder {H7523}, and commit adultery {H5003}, and swear {H7650} falsely {H8267}, and burn incense {H6999} unto Baal {H1168}, and walk {H1980} after {H310} other {H312} gods {H430} whom ye know {H3045} not;

First you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer to Ba'al and go after other gods that you haven't known.

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 20:3 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

  • Jeremiah 7:6 (5 votes)

    [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  • Jeremiah 11:17 (4 votes)

    For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

  • James 4:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?

  • James 4:4 (4 votes)

    Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  • Jeremiah 11:13 (4 votes)

    For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn incense unto Baal.

  • 1 Kings 18:21 (3 votes)

    ¶ And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.