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Jeremiah 32:23

21 You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

22 You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.

24 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

25 Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”

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BSB
They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
KJV
And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
WEB
They came in and possessed it, but they didn’t obey your voice and didn’t walk in your law. They have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do. Therefore you have caused all this evil to come upon them.
ASV
and they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.
DARBY
And they came in and possessed it: but they hearkened not unto thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do; so that thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.
BLB
And they came in and possessed it, and they did not listen to Your voice, and in Your law they did not walk. All that You commanded them to do they have not done. And so You made to befall them all this evil.
ÅB
Og de kom og tok det i eie, men de hørte ikke på din røst og levde ikke etter dine lover; alt det du hadde pålagt dem å gjøre, gjorde de ikke. Så har du da latt all denne ulykke komme over dem.
OTB
De kom inn og tok det i besittelse, men de adlød ikke Din stemme eller fulgte Din lov; de gjorde ikke det Du befalte dem å gjøre. Så Du brakte all denne ulykken over dem.
B1930
Og de kom og tok det i eie, men de hørte ikke på din røst og levde ikke efter dine lover; alt det du hadde pålagt dem å gjøre, gjorde de ikke. Så har du da latt all denne ulykke komme over dem.

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Cross references

  • Ezra 9:7

    From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

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  • Psalms 78:54–55

    He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

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  • Daniel 9:10–14

    and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

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  • Psalms 44:2–3

    With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

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  • Lamentations 1:18

    The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

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  • John 15:14

    You are My friends if you do what I command you.

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  • James 2:10

    Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

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  • Ezekiel 20:8

    But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.

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