Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have
King James Version
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Holman Bible
the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,
for they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
International Standard Version
"A voice is heard on the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the children of Israel because they have perverted their way. They have forgotten the LORD their God."
American Standard Version
A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping and the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Amplified
A voice is heard on the barren heights,
The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel,
Because they have lost their way,
They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.
Bible in Basic English
A voice is sounding on the open hilltops, the weeping and the prayers of the children of Israel; because their way is twisted, they have not kept the Lord their God in mind.
Darby Translation
A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Julia Smith Translation
A voice was heard upon the naked hills, weepings, supplications of the sons of Israel: for they perverted their way, they forgot Jehovah their God.
King James 2000
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"A voice [is] heard on [the] barren heights, the weeping of the pleas for mercy of the children of Israel, because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Modern King James verseion
A voice was heard on the high places weeping, cryings of the sons of Israel; for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And therefore the voice of the children of Israel was heard on every side, weeping and wailing: for they have defiled their way, and forgotten God their LORD.
NET Bible
"A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; they have forgotten to be true to the Lord their God.
New Heart English Bible
A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.
The Emphasized Bible
A voice on the bare heights, is heard, The weeping of the supplications of the sons of Israel, - Because they have perverted their way, Have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Webster
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
World English Bible
A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [and] the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Youngs Literal Translation
A voice on high places is heard -- weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Themes
Conviction of sin » Examples of » Job
Forgetfulness » Ends in bitter tears
Forgetting God » Ends in bitter tears
Forgetting God » Backsliders are guilty of
Forgetting God » Backsliders guilty of
Repentance » Examples of » Job
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For Repentance
20
So you have
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord.
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have
“Behold, we come to You;
For You are the Lord our God.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 15:2
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is
Isaiah 17:10
And have not remembered the
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine slips of a strange god.
Jeremiah 2:32
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people have
Days without number.
Jeremiah 3:2
Where have you not been violated?
By the roads you have
Like an Arab in the desert,
And you have
With your harlotry and with your wickedness.
Jeremiah 31:9
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by
On a straight path in which they will
For I am a
And Ephraim is
Numbers 22:32
The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was
Job 33:27
‘I
And it is not
Proverbs 10:9
But
Proverbs 19:3
And his heart
Jeremiah 30:15-17
Your pain is incurable.
Because your iniquity is great
And your sins are numerous,
I have done these things to you.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
‘You have
Like an untrained
For You are the Lord my God.
Jeremiah 50:4-5
“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah
Ezekiel 7:16
Even when their survivors
Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have
Hosea 8:14
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a
Hosea 13:6
And being satisfied, their
Therefore they
Micah 3:9
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who
And twist everything that is straight,
Zechariah 12:10-14
“I will
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a