Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 3:9 in other translations
| BSB | Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. |
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| WEB | Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood. |
| ASV | And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks. |
| YLT | And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood. |
| DARBY | And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. |
| BBE | So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees. |
| Webster | And it came to pass through the lightness of her lewdness, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. |
What does Jeremiah 3:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 3:6-11
If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil ways. It is dreadful to be proved more criminal than those who have actually perished in their sins; yet it will be small comfort in everlasting punishment, for them to know that others were viler than they.
Jeremiah 3:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 3:9
- Jeremiah 2:27
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
- Isaiah 57:6
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
- Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
- Habakkuk 2:19
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
- Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Jeremiah 2:7
And 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.
- Ezekiel 16:17
Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
- Hosea 4:12
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
- Ezekiel 23:10
These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
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Context
- Jeremiah 3:8
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.
- Jeremiah 3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- Jeremiah 3:10
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y sucedió que por la liviandad de su fornicación la tierra fué contaminada, y adulteró con la piedra y con el leño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il est arrivé que, par la légèreté de sa prostitution, elle a souillé le pays, et a commis adultère avec la pierre et le bois. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah, wegen des Lärmes ihrer Hurerei entweihte sie das Land; und sie trieb Ehebruch mit Stein und mit Holz. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et facilitate fornicationis suæ contaminavit terram, et mœchata est cum lapide et ligno: |