Jeremiah 2:8
King James Version
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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Jeremiah 2:8
New King James Version
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who handle the (A)law did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
(B)The prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.
Jeremiah 2:8
English Standard Version
8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
(A)Those who handle the law did not know me;
(B)the shepherds[a] transgressed against me;
(C)the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after (D)things that do not profit.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:8 Or rulers
Jeremiah 2:23
King James Version
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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Jeremiah 2:23
New King James Version
23 “How(A) can you say, ‘I am not [a]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:23 defiled
Jeremiah 2:23
English Standard Version
23 (A)How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way (B)in the valley;
know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
Amos 2:4
King James Version
4 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
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Amos 2:4
New King James Version
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
(B)Because they have despised the law of the Lord,
And have not kept His commandments.
(C)Their lies lead them astray,
Lies (D)which their fathers followed.
Amos 2:4
English Standard Version
Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (B)they have rejected the law of the Lord,
and have not kept his statutes,
but (C)their lies have led them astray,
those after which their fathers walked.
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