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Jeremiah 16:11

Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

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ASV

then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

KJV

Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
עַל֩'alonH5921 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-thatH834 →
עָזְב֨וּ'a.ze.Vuthey forsookH5800 →
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1 →
אוֹתִי֙'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they walkedH1980 →
אַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
וַיַּעַבְד֖וּםvai.ya.'av.Dumand they served themH5647 →
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּvai.yish.ta.cha.Vuand they bowed downH7812 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
וְאֹתִ֣יve.'o.Tiand <obj.> meH853 →
עָזָ֔בוּ'a.Za.vuthey forsookH5800 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
תּוֹרָתִ֖יto.ra.Tilaw myH8451 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
שָׁמָֽרוּ׃sha.Ma.ruthey keptH8104 →

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Psalms 106:35–41but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.Nehemiah 9:26–29But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.Deuteronomy 29:25–26And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”Jeremiah 5:7–9“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.Jeremiah 22:9Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”1 Kings 9:9And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”Judges 10:13–14But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.Daniel 9:10–12and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.Jeremiah 9:14Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”Jeremiah 2:8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.Judges 2:12–13Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.Jeremiah 19:4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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