13 “Therefore thus says the Lord,
(A)Ask now among the nations,
Who ever heard the like of [a]this?
The (B)virgin of Israel
Has done a most (C)appalling thing.
14 ‘Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country?
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
15 ‘For (D)My people have forgotten Me,
(E)They burn incense [b]to worthless gods
And they [c]have stumbled [d]from their ways,
[e]From the (F)ancient paths,
To walk in bypaths,
Not on a (G)highway,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:13 Lit these
  2. Jeremiah 18:15 Lit to worthlessness
  3. Jeremiah 18:15 So ancient versions; Heb caused them to
  4. Jeremiah 18:15 Or in
  5. Jeremiah 18:15 Or in

13 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“Inquire among the nations:
    Who has ever heard anything like this?(A)
A most horrible(B) thing has been done
    by Virgin(C) Israel.
14 Does the snow of Lebanon
    ever vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do its cool waters from distant sources
    ever stop flowing?[a]
15 Yet my people have forgotten(D) me;
    they burn incense(E) to worthless idols,(F)
which made them stumble(G) in their ways,
    in the ancient paths.(H)
They made them walk in byways,
    on roads not built up.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.