¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord; ⁿAsk ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done ^oa very horrible thing. ¹⁴Will a man leave ^||the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place ^pbe forsaken? ¹⁵Because ^qmy people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to ^rvanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ^sancient ^tpaths, to walk in paths, in a way not ^ucast up;

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nSo ch. 2:10. Comp. 1 Cor. 5:1.
oSee ch. 5:30.
||Or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?
pSee Isai. 19:5. Comp. ch. 2:13. & 17:13.
qSee ch. 2:32.
rSo ch. 10:15. & 16:19. Comp. Baruch 6:27.
sch. 6:16.
t Ps. 77:19 (Heb.) only.
u Prov. 15:19 marg. See Isai. 57:14.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Therefore thus says the Lord:

Ask among the nations,

Who has heard the like of this?

The virgin Israel

has done a very horrible thing.

Does the snow of Lebanon leave

the crags of Sirion?

Do the mountain waters run dry,

the cold flowing streams?

But my people have forgotten me;

they make offerings to false gods;

they made them stumble in their ways,

in the ancient roads,

and to walk into side roads,

not the highway,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“Inquire among the nations:

Who has ever heard anything like this?

A most horrible thing has been done

by Virgin Israel.

Does the snow of Lebanon

ever vanish from its rocky slopes?

Do its cool waters from distant sources

ever stop flowing?

Yet my people have forgotten me;

they burn incense to worthless idols,

which made them stumble in their ways,

in the ancient paths.

They made them walk in byways,

on roads not built up.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

Ask among the nations,

who has heard things like these?

Virgin Israel has done a most horrible thing.

Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave the highland crags?

Or does cold water flowing from a distance ever fail?

Yet my people have forgotten me.

They burn incense to worthless idols

that make them stumble in their ways

on the ancient roads,

and make them walk on new paths, not the highway.

NLTNew Living Translation

So this is what the Lord says:

“Has anyone ever heard of such a thing,

even among the pagan nations?

My virgin daughter Israel

has done something terrible!

Does the snow ever disappear from the mountaintops of Lebanon?

Do the cold streams flowing from those distant mountains ever run dry?

But my people are not so reliable, for they have deserted me;

they burn incense to worthless idols.

They have stumbled off the ancient highways

and walk in muddy paths.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Therefore thus says Yahweh,

‘Please ask among the nations, “Who has heard the like of this?”

The virgin of Israel has done something very horrible.

Does the snow of Lebanon leave from the crags of Sirion?

Or are the cold waters flowing from distant mountains dried up?

But my people have forgotten me.

They make smoke offerings to the idols,

and they caused them to stumble in their ways, the ancient ways,

to go into bypaths, not one that is built up.