Verse 4
Jeremiah 19:4
World English Bible, British Edition
4
Because they have forsaken me, and have defiled this place, and have
burnt incense in it to other gods that they didn’t know—they, their fathers, and the kings of Judah—and
have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
Original Language Text
hebrew
יַ֣עַן אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָבֻ֗/נִי וַֽ/יְנַכְּר֞וּ אֶת הַ/מָּק֤וֹם הַ/זֶּה֙ וַ/יְקַטְּרוּ ב/וֹ֙ לֵ/אלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא יְדָע֛וּ/ם הֵ֥מָּה וַ/אֲבֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֖ם וּ/מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּ/מָֽלְא֛וּ אֶת הַ/מָּק֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֖ה דַּ֥ם נְקִיִּֽם
English Translation
Because they have forsaken me and have rejected this place and have burned incense in it to other gods whom they do not know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
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3
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4
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6
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7
“‘“I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem void in this
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8
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9
I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their
daughters. They will each ea...
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10
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12
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13
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14
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