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Jeremiah 8:19

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19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people †because of them that dwell in ca far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not bher king in her? Why have they dprovoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. because of b the country of them that are far off.
  2. cComp. Isai. 39:3.
  3. dSee Deut. 32:21.

Cross references

  1. bIs. 33:17 (Heb.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, the cry of the daughter of my people

from the length and breadth of the land:

“Is the Lord not in Zion?

Is her King not in her?”

“Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images

and with their foreign idols?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Listen to the cry of my people

from a land far away:

“Is the Lord not in Zion?

Is her King no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused my anger with their images,

with their worthless foreign idols?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Listen—the cry of my dear people

from a faraway land,

“Is the Lord no longer in Zion,

her King not within her?”

Why have they angered me

with their carved images,

with their worthless foreign idols?

NLTNew Living Translation

Listen to the weeping of my people;

it can be heard all across the land.

“Has the Lord abandoned Jerusalem?” the people ask.

“Is her King no longer there?”

“Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols

and their worthless foreign gods?” says the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look, the sound of the cry for help of the daughter of my people

from a distant land,

‘Is Yahweh not in Zion?

Is her king not in her?’

Why have they provoked me to anger with their images,

with idols of a foreign land?”