^9:14Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to³⁵ the gods called Baal,³⁶ as their fathers³⁷ taught them to do.

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Footnotes

35 Heb “they have gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note at for the idiom.
36 Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so ).
37 Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed the Baals as their ancestors taught them.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

but they went after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baals, which their ancestors taught them.”

KJV 1900King James Version

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart,

And after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

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