Jeremiah 9 · Verse 14

Jeremiah 9:14

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Jeremiah 9:14, King James Version

Jeremiah 9:14 in other translations

BSBInstead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
WEBbut have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”
ASVbut have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;
YLTAnd they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,
DARBYbut have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;
BBEBut they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.
WebsterBut have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

What does Jeremiah 9:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. (Jr 7:24). Baalim--plural of Baal, to express his supposed manifold powers. fathers taught them--(Ga 1:14; 1Pe 1:18). We are not to follow the errors of the fathers, but the authority of Scripture and of God [Jerome].

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 9:12-22

In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calamity, but not their sin, which is the cause of it. Let the doors be shut ever so fast, death steals upon us. It enters the palaces of princes and great men, though stately, strongly built, and guarded. Nor are those more safe…

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Jeremiah 9:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּvai.Ye.le.Khuand they have walkedH1980
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
שְׁרִר֣וּתshe.ri.Rut[the] stubbornness ofH8307
לִבָּ֑םli.Bamown heart theirH3820
וְאַחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.Reiand afterH310
הַבְּעָלִ֔יםha.be.'a.Limthe BaalsH1168
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לִמְּד֖וּםli.me.Dumthey taught themH3925
אֲבוֹתָֽם\׃\ \ס'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1

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Cross references for Jeremiah 9:14

  • Jeremiah 3:17

    At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

  • Jeremiah 7:24

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

  • Ephesians 2:3

    Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  • 1 Peter 1:18

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

  • Romans 1:21-24

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

  • Galatians 1:14

    And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

  • Jeremiah 2:8

    The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

  • Genesis 6:5

    And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • Ephesians 4:17-19

    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

  • Jeremiah 44:17

    But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

  • Jeremiah 2:23

    How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

  • Zechariah 1:4-5

    Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
walked.
3:17; 7:24; Ge 6:5; Ro 1:21-24; Eph 2:3; 4:17-19
imagination. or, stubbornness. which.
44:17; Zec 1:4,5; Ga 1:14; 1Pe 1:18

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Context

  • Jeremiah 9:13

    And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

  • Jeremiah 9:14

    But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

  • Jeremiah 9:15

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

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Jeremiah 9:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Antes se fueron tras la imaginación de su corazón, y en pos de los Baales que les enseñaron sus padres:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées, le Dieu d’Israël: Voici, je vais faire manger de l’absinthe à ce peuple, et je leur ferai boire de l’eau de fiel;
German
Elberfelder 1871
sondern dem Starrsinn ihres Herzens und den Baalim nachgegangen sind, was ihre Väter sie gelehrt haben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et abierunt post pravitatem cordis sui, et post Baalim, quod didicerunt a patribus suis: