Jeremiah 9:13-14 - Compare All Versions
Jeremiah 9:13-14 NIV (New International Version)
The LORD said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”
Jeremiah 9:13-14 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And the LORD says: “Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
Jeremiah 9:13-14 NLT (New Living Translation)
The LORD replies, “This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said. Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.
Jeremiah 9:13-14 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
The LORD said, “It is because they abandoned my instruction, which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it. Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed the Baals as their ancestors taught them.”
Jeremiah 9:13-14 KJV (King James Version)
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; but have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them
Jeremiah 9:13-14 NKJV (New King James Version)
And the LORD said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it, but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,”
Jeremiah 9:13-15 MSG (The Message)
GOD’s answer: “Because they abandoned my plain teaching. They wouldn’t listen to anything I said, refused to live the way I told them to. Instead they lived any way they wanted and took up with the Baal gods, who they thought would give them what they wanted—following the example of their parents.” And this is the consequence. GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies says so: “I’ll feed them with pig slop. “I’ll give them poison to drink.
Jeremiah 9:13-14 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
The LORD said, “Because they have abandoned My Law which I put before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, but have followed the stubbornness of their heart and the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”
Jeremiah 9:13-14 AMP (Amplified Bible)
The LORD said, “Because they have turned away from My law which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice nor walked in accordance with it, but have walked stubbornly after their [own] heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”
Jeremiah 9:13-14 NET (New English Translation)
The LORD answered, “This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws. Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.