So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she (A)defiled the land and committed adultery with (B)stones and trees.

Read full chapter

And because of the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, she (A)defiled the land and committed [a]adultery with (B)stones and trees.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:9 I.e., idolatry

Because of the thoughtlessness of Israel’s prostitution [her immorality mattered little to her], she desecrated the land and committed adultery with [idols of] stones and trees.

Read full chapter

Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land(A) and committed adultery(B) with stone(C) and wood.(D)

Read full chapter

19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.

Read full chapter

19 Woe to him who (A)says to a piece of wood, ‘(B)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
That is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with (C)gold and silver,
Yet there is (D)no breath at all inside it.

Read full chapter

19 
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to the wooden image, ‘Awake!’
And to the speechless stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.

Read full chapter

19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(A)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;(B)
    there is no breath in it.”(C)

Read full chapter