Jeremiah 11 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 11:10

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 11:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 11:10 in other translations

BSBThey have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
WEBThey have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
ASVThey are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
YLTThey have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.
DARBYThey are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they have gone after othergods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
BBEThey are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.
WebsterThey have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

What does Jeremiah 11:10 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers - A great reformation had taken place under the reign of Josiah, and the public worship of idols had been abolished, and most of the high places destroyed; but under the reign of his son and his successors, they had turned back again to idolatry, and were become worse than ever. It required a captivity to cure them of this propensity: and God sent one: after that, there was no idolatry among the Jews.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 11:1-10

The disobedient Jews reproved. (Jr 11:1-10) Their utter ruin. (Jr 11:11-17) The people would be destroyed who sought the prophet's life. (Jr 11:18-23) Verses 1-10 God never promised to bestow blessings on his rational creatures, while they persist in wilful disobedience. Pardon and acceptance are promised freely to all believers; but no man can be saved who does not obey the command of God to repent, to believe in…

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Jeremiah 11:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁ֩בוּ֩sha.vuthey have returnedH7725
עַל\־'al-toH5921
עֲוֹנֹ֨ת'a.vo.Not[the] iniquities ofH5771
אֲבוֹתָ֜ם'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1
הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֗יםha.ri.sho.Nim<the> formerH7223
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834
מֵֽאֲנוּ֙me.'a.Nuthey refusedH3985
לִשְׁמ֣וֹעַlish.Mo.a'to hearH8085
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דְּבָרַ֔יde.va.Raiwords myH1697
וְהֵ֣מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992
הָלְכ֗וּha.le.Khuthey have walkedH1980
אַחֲרֵ֛י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
אֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430
אֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimotherH312
לְעָבְדָ֑םle.'a.ve.Damto serve themH5647
הֵפֵ֤רוּhe.Fe.ruthey have brokenH6565
בֵֽית\־veit-[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וּבֵ֣יתu.Veitand [the] house ofH1004
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִיתִ֕יbe.ri.Ticovenant myH1285
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
כָּרַ֖תִּיka.Ra.tiI madeH3772
אֶת\־'et-withH854
אֲבוֹתָֽם\׃\ \ס'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1

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Cross references for Jeremiah 11:10

  • Deuteronomy 31:16

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

  • Ezekiel 16:59

    For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

  • Judges 2:12-13

    And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

  • Psalms 78:8-10

    And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

  • 1 Samuel 15:11

    It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

  • Jeremiah 3:6-11

    The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. …

  • Judges 2:17

    And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

  • Judges 2:19

    And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

  • Hebrews 8:9

    Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

  • Leviticus 26:15

    And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

  • 2 Kings 17:7-20

    For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: …

  • Psalms 78:57

    But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
turned.
3:10; 1Sa 15:11; 2Ch 34:30-33; Ho 6:4; 7:16; Zep 1:6
iniquities.
Jud 2:17,19; Ps 78:8-10,57; Eze 20:18-21; Zec 1:4; Ac 7:51,52
the house of Israel.
3:6-11; 31:32; Le 26:15; De 31:16; 2Ki 17:7-20; Eze 16:59; 44:7
Ho 6:7; 8:1; Heb 8:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 11:9

    And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 11:10

    They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

  • Jeremiah 11:11

    Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

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Jeremiah 11:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hanse vuelto á las maldades de sus primeros padres, los cuales no quisieron escuchar mis palabras, antes se fueron tras dioses ajenos para servirles; la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá invalidaron mi pacto, el cual había yo concertado con sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ils sont retournés aux iniquités de leurs premiers pères qui ont refusé d’écouter mes paroles, et ils ont marché après d’autres dieux pour les servir. La maison d’Israël et la maison de Juda ont rompu mon alliance que j’avais faite avec leurs pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie sind zurückgekehrt zu den Missetaten ihrer ersten Väter, die sich geweigert haben, auf meine Worte zu hören; und sie selbst sind anderen Göttern nachgegangen, um ihnen zu dienen. Das Haus Israel und das Haus Juda haben meinen Bund gebrochen, den ich mit ihren Vätern gemacht habe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Reversi sunt ad iniquitates patrum suorum priores, qui noluerunt audire verba mea: et hi ergo abierunt post deos alienos, ut servirent eis: irritum fecerunt domus Israël et domus Juda pactum meum quod pepigi cum patribus eorum.