Jeremiah 16:11 — Bible Verse (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;”
Jeremiah 16:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 16:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 16:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“then you shall tell them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me,’ says Yahweh, ‘and have walked after other gods, have served them, have worshiped them, have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.”
Jeremiah 16:11 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 16:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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; ”
Jeremiah 16:11 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 16:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,”
Jeremiah 16:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 16:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after othergods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; ”
Jeremiah 16:11 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 16:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then shalt thou say vnto them, Because your fathers haue forsaken me, sayth the Lord, and haue walked after other gods, and haue serued them, and worshipped them, and haue forsaken me, and haue not kept my Law,”
Jeremiah 16:11 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 16:11 in Context — Jeremiah 16
9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
11 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;
12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
What Does Jeremiah 16:11 Mean?
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