Jeremiah 9:14

Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to ¹  the gods called Baal, ²  as their fathers ³  taught them to do.

Ge 6:5; Jer 3:17; Jer 7:24; Jer 44:17; Zec 1:4,5; Ro 1:21-24; Ga 1:14; Eph 2:3; Eph 4:17-19; 1Pe 1:18

¹ tn Heb “they have gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.

² tn Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so NLT).

³ tn Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.