Jeremiah 9:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 9:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 9:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 9:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.””

Jeremiah 9:11 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 9:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant. ”

Jeremiah 9:11 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 9:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 9:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 9:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant. ”

Jeremiah 9:11 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 9:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And I wil make Ierusalem an heape, and a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Iudah waste, without an inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 9:11 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 9:11 in Context — Jeremiah 9

9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

13 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

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What Does Jeremiah 9:11 Mean?

Jeremiah 9:11 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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