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Jeremiah 9:14
New English Translation
Jeremiah 9:14
New English Translation
14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to[a] the gods called Baal,[b] as their fathers[c] taught them to do.
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- Jeremiah 9:14 tn Heb “they have gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.
- Jeremiah 9:14 tn Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so NLT).
- Jeremiah 9:14 tn Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.
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