Jeremiah 22:9
And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, their God,—And bowed down to other gods And served them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Deuteronomy 29:24yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?
2 Kings 22:17Because they have forsaken me, and burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger, with all the workmanship of their hands; and so my wrath shall fire up against this place, and shall not be quenched:
Jeremiah 2:17Is not this what thou wast certain to do for thyself,—in that thou didst forsake Yahweh thy God, when he was leading thee by the way?
Jeremiah 16:11Then shalt thou say unto them,—For that your fathers forsook, me, Declareth Yahweh, And walked after other gods, and served them, and bowed down to them,—Whereas me, they forsook And my law, kept they not;
Jeremiah 50:7All who found them, devoured them, And, their adversaries, said—We shall not be, guilty,—Because they have sinned, Against, Yahweh the pasturage of righteousness, Yea the hope of their fathers—Yahweh.
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 →