Jeremiah 16:11
ContextNETBible | Then tell them that the Lord says, 1 ‘It is because your ancestors 2 rejected me and paid allegiance to 3 other gods. They have served them and worshiped them. But they have rejected me and not obeyed my law. 4 |
XREF | Jud 2:12,13; Jud 10:13,14; Ne 9:26-29; Ps 106:35-41; Jer 2:8; Jer 5:7-9; Jer 8:2; Jer 9:14; Eze 11:21; Da 9:10-12; 1Pe 4:3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn These two sentences have been recast in English to break up a long Hebrew sentence and incorporate the oracular formula “says the 2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 12, 13, 15, 19). 3 tn Heb “followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the explanation of the idiom. 4 tn Heb “But me they have abandoned and my law they have not kept.” The objects are thrown forward to bring out the contrast which has rhetorical force. However, such a sentence in English would be highly unnatural. |