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Jeremiah 5:19

And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”

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ASV

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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27 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
כִּ֣יkithatH3588 →
תֹאמְר֔וּto.me.Ruyou will sayH559 →
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatforH8478 →
מֶ֗הMehwhat?H4100 →
עָשָׂ֨ה'a.Sahdid he doH6213 →
יְהֹוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →
לָ֖נוּLa.nuto <the> us
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
עֲזַבְתֶּ֤ם'a.zav.Temyou forsookH5800 →
אוֹתִי֙'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →
וַתַּעַבְד֞וּva.ta.'av.Duand you servedH5647 →
אֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.Heigods ofH430 →
נֵכָר֙ne.KharforeignnessH5236 →
בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔םbe.'ar.tze.Khemin own land yourH776 →
כֵּ֚ןkensoH3651 →
תַּעַבְד֣וּta.'av.Duyou will serveH5647 →
זָרִ֔יםza.RimstrangersH2114 →
בְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzin a landH776 →
לֹ֥אlo'[which] notH3808 →
לָכֶֽם׃ סla.Khem[belongs] to <the> you

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1 Kings 9:8–9And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’Deuteronomy 28:47–48Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,Jeremiah 22:8–9And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’Jeremiah 16:13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’Jeremiah 13:22And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.Jeremiah 16:10When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’Jeremiah 16:10–11When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’Deuteronomy 29:24–28So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’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.’”Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.Deuteronomy 4:25–28After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—Lamentations 5:8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.2 Chronicles 7:21–22And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’Jeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’Nehemiah 9:35For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.Ezekiel 14:22Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”2 Chronicles 7:21And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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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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