Jeremiah 22:9

And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

In Context

8And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?

10Weep not for the dead, nor lament for him: weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to other gods, that they might provoke me with the works of their hands: therefore my wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 2:17Has not thy forsaking me brought these things upon thee? saith the Lord thy God.

Jeremiah 16:11Then thou shalt say to them, Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord, and went after strange gods and served them, and worshipped them, and forsook me, and kept not my law;

Jeremiah 50:7And they came into Egypt: for they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord: and they entered into Taphnas.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:2-10

Jeremiah Preaches before Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 590.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, 2 And say, Hear the word of the Lord , O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 3 Thus saith the Lord ; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither… Read the whole commentary →

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