Jeremiah 2:5
“Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 2:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
So spricht Jehova: Was haben eure Väter Unrechtes an mir gefunden, daß sie sich von mir entfernt haben und der Nichtigkeit nachgegangen und nichtig geworden sind?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Así dijo Jehová: ¿Qué maldad hallaron en mí vuestros padres, que se alejaron de mí, y se fueron tras la vanidad, y tornáronse vanos?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Assim diz o SENHOR: Que maldade vossos pais acharam em mim, para terem se afastado de mim, de modo que seguiram coisas inúteis, e eles mesmos se tornarão inúteis?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Assim diz Yahweh: "O que vossos pais acharam de errado Comigo, para que se afastassem de Me seguir? Por que eles seguiram ídolos inúteis e eles mesmos tornaram-se inúteis?
📖 Jeremiah 2:5 in Context
3Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
4Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
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