Jeremiah 18:15
13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
- KJV
- Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
- WEB
- For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
- ASV
- For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;
- DARBY
- For my people hath forgotten me: they burn incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in by-paths of a way not cast up;
- BLB
- Yet My people have forgotten Me, they have burned incense to a vain [thing]; and they made them stumble in their ways, the paths of old, to walk in sideroads of the way, and not raised up,
- ÅB
- Men mitt folk har glemt meg, det brenner røkelse for de falske guder; og de førte dem til fall på deres veier, de gamle veier, så de gikk på stier, på uryddede veier,
- OTB
- Likevel har Mitt folk glemt Meg; de brenner røkelse til verdiløse avguder, og de har snublet i sine veier, i de gamle stier, for å gå på sideveier, ikke på en hovedvei.
- B1930
- Men mitt folk har glemt mig, det brenner røkelse for de falske guder; og de førte dem til fall på deres veier, de gamle veier, så de gikk på stier, på uryddede veier,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:14
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Read in contextHosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Read in contextMalachi 2:8
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:15
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Read in contextIsaiah 41:29
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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