Jeremiah 18:13

The Potter and the Clay · Jeremiah 18:1–17
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Translations

Modern
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
Traditional
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
Literal
Therefore, thus says YHWH: “Ask, please, among the nations, who has heard these things? The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
Latin
Ideo hæc dicit Dominus: Interrogate gentes: Quis audivit talia horribilia, quæ fecit nimis virgo Israël?

Original

Hebrew
English
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.

Notes

Who has ever heard things like these?: In other nations, people did not abandon their national gods (Jeremiah 2:11–13), but Israel openly mocked the one true God.

The Lord said he would scatter his people because they left him.

Theme notes and profiles

Apostasy and Renewal The Lord of Nations

Events

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Church: Backslidden God: Sovereign Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of