Jeremiah 3:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.”
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“Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 3:9 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 57:3“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
- Isaiah 57:6Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
- Jeremiah 2:7I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
- Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
- Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- Ezekiel 16:17You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
- Ezekiel 23:10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
- Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
- Joel 1:19To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
- Habakkuk 2:19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
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