Jeremiah 9:13

(9:12) And the Lord said, Because they forsook my law which I had set before them, and hearkened not to my voice, and walked not therein;

Leeser Tanakh

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

12(9:11) 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 is the land destroyed, burnt up like the wilderness, without one that passeth through?

14(9:13) But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Be'alim, which their fathers had taught them.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye will indeed turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and will go and serve other gods, and bow down to them:

Psalms 89:30(89:31) If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances;

Proverbs 28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as observe the law contend with them.

Jeremiah 13:10And this bad people, who refuse to hearken to my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have followed other gods, to serve them, and to bow down to them, shall even be as this girdle which is useful for nothing.

Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted, to the oppressing city!

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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