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Jeremiah 13:10

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13:10These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said.20 They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance21 to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So22 they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.

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  1. 20 Heb “to listen to my words.”
  2. 21 Heb “and [they follow] after.” See the translator’s note at for the idiom.
  3. 22 The structure of this verse is a little unusual. It consists of a subject, “this wicked people” qualified by several “which” clauses preceding a conjunction and a form which would normally be taken as a third person imperative (a Hebrew jussive; וִיהִי, vihi). This construction, called casus pendens by Hebrew grammarians, lays focus on the subject, here calling attention to the nature of Israel’s corruption which makes it rotten and useless to God. See §143.d for other examples of this construction.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship—they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.

NLTNew Living Translation

These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

This evil people, who refuse to listen to my words, who go in the stubbornness of their hearts, and have gone after other gods, to serve them, and to bow in worship to them, let them be like this loincloth which is not good for anything.

KJV 1900King James Version

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.