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
Events
- Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC
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