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Jeremiah 44:23

Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”

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ASV

Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.

KJV

Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִפְּנֵי֩mi.pe.Nei<from> becauseH6440 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834 →
קִטַּרְתֶּ֜םki.tar.Temyou made smokeH6999 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֧רva.'a.Sherand thatH834 →
חֲטָאתֶ֣םcha.ta.Temyou had sinnedH2398 →
לַיהוָ֗הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
שְׁמַעְתֶּם֙she.ma'.Temyou listenedH8085 →
בְּק֣וֹלbe.Kolto [the] voice ofH6963 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וּבְתֹרָת֧וֹu.ve.to.ra.Toand in law hisH8451 →
וּבְחֻקֹּתָ֛יוu.ve.chu.ko.Tavand in decrees hisH2708 →
וּבְעֵדְוֹתָ֖יוu.ve.'e.de.vo.Tavand in testimonies hisH5715 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
הֲלַכְתֶּ֑םha.lakh.Temyou walkedH1980 →
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֞ןken-foreH3651 →
קָרָ֥אתka.Ratit has happened toH7122 →
אֶתְכֶ֛ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
הָרָעָ֥הha.ra.'Ahthe calamityH7451 →
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
כַּיּ֥וֹםkai.Yomas the dayH3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ סha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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Daniel 9:11–12All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.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.’”Nehemiah 13:18Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”Psalms 119:150Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.2 Kings 17:15They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.1 Corinthians 10:20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.Jeremiah 7:13–15And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,Jeremiah 44:18But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”Jeremiah 44:21“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”Psalms 78:56But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.Jeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.Lamentations 1:8Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.Jeremiah 32:31–33For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presencePsalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.Jeremiah 40:3and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.

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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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