¹⁰“Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘^aFor what reason has the Lord declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?’

¹¹“Then you are to say to them, ‘It is ^abecause your forefathers have forsaken Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed ^bother gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken and have not kept My law.

¹²‘You too have done evil, even ^amore than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the ^bstubbornness of his own ^cevil heart, without listening to Me.

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Cross references

a Deut 29:24; 1 Kin 9:8; Jer 5:19; 13:22; 22:8
a Deut 29:25; 1 Kin 9:9; 2 Chr 7:22; Neh 9:26–29; Jer 22:9
b Deut 29:26; 1 Kin 9:9; Ps 106:35–41; Jer 5:7–9; 8:2; Ezek 11:21; 1 Pet 4:3
a Jer 7:26
b 1 Sam 15:23; Jer 7:24; 9:14; 13:10
c Eccl 9:3; Mark 7:21

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ then you shall say to them: ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me, declares the Lord, and have gone after other gods and have served and worshiped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law, and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“When you tell these people all this and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?’ then say to them, ‘It is because your ancestors forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law. But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, ‘Why has the Lord declared all this terrible disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’ Then you will answer them, ‘Because your ancestors abandoned me—this is the Lord’s declaration—and followed other gods, served them, and bowed in worship to them. Indeed, they abandoned me and did not keep my instruction. You did more evil than your ancestors. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me.

NLTNew Living Translation

“When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the Lord our God?’

“Then you will give them the Lord’s reply: ‘It is because your ancestors were unfaithful to me. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my word. And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And then when you tell this people all these words and they ask you, ‘Why has Yahweh pronounced against us all this great evil, and what is our iniquity, and what is our sin that we have sinned against Yahweh our God?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Because your ancestors have forsaken me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and they have gone after other gods, and they have served them, and they have bowed down in worship to them, and they have forsaken me, and they have not kept my laws. And you have behaved badly more than your ancestors, and look, you are going each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, without listening to me.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

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