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Jeremiah 11:15

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Promises and Pious Programs

15–16“What business do the ones I love have figuring out

how to get off the hook? And right in the house of worship!

Do you think making promises and devising pious programs

will save you from doom?

Do you think you can get out of this

by becoming more religious?

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

What right has my beloved in my house, when she has done many vile deeds? Can even sacrificial flesh avert your doom? Can you then exult?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“What is my beloved doing in my temple

as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?

Can consecrated meat avert your punishment?

When you engage in your wickedness,

then you rejoice.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

What right does my beloved have

to be in my house,

having carried out so many evil schemes?

Can holy meat prevent your disaster

so you can celebrate?

NLTNew Living Translation

“What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple,

when they have done so many immoral things?

Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction?

They actually rejoice in doing evil!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

What rights has my beloved in my house

when she has done many wicked things?

Can the flesh of holiness pass over you?

For you engage in your wickedness, then you exult.

KJV 1900King James Version

What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.