Jeremiah 9:13

The LORD says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,

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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 wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burnt up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?

14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

Jeremiah 13:10This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.

Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, 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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