Jeremiah 9:13

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;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James 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;

In Context

12Who 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?

14But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:19But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

Psalms 89:30\89:29\His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

Proverbs 28:4Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Jeremiah 13:10These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

Zephaniah 3:1Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:13-23

Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 606.) 12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? 13 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; 14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 15 Therefore… Read the whole commentary →

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