Jeremiah 3:9

“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Jeremiah 3:9

And it came to passe thorow the lightnes of her whoredome, that shee defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stockes.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Because of the lightness of her harlotry, she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- American Standard Version (1901)

So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.
- Basic English Bible

Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- Darby Bible

And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- English Revised Version

It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Jeremiah 3:9

Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 3:9


3:8 Given a bill - Delivered her up into the hands of the Assyrian, where God took from her the title of being his church, #2Kings 17:5|,6.

3:10 And yet - Though God saw what she did, and though she saw the shameful idolatry of Israel, and what she had suffered.


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