12 Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods they have been burning incense to, but they certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.(A) 13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah,(B) and the altars you have set up to Shame[a](C)—altars to burn incense to Baal—as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:13 = Baal

12 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense,(A) but they will not help them at all when disaster(B) strikes. 13 You, Judah, have as many gods(C) as you have towns;(D) and the altars you have set up to burn incense(E) to that shameful(F) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

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15 Yet my people have forgotten me.(A)
They burn incense to worthless idols
that make them stumble in their ways(B)
on the ancient roads,(C)
and make them walk on new paths, not the highway.

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15 Yet my people have forgotten(A) me;
    they burn incense(B) to worthless idols,(C)
which made them stumble(D) in their ways,
    in the ancient paths.(E)
They made them walk in byways,
    on roads not built up.(F)

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