Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. Treasury of Scripture Jeremiah 2:17-19 Have you not procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way... Jeremiah 40:2,3 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this evil on this place... Jeremiah 50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD... Deuteronomy 29:25-28 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers... 2 Kings 22:17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods... 2 Chronicles 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods...
Context A Warning About the Palace
6For thus said the LORD to the king's house of Judah; You are Gilead to me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make you a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. 7And I will prepare destroyers against you, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. 8And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus to this great city? 9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.
Darby Bible Translation
And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
King James Bible
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Young's Literal Translation
And they have said, 'Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'
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