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Jeremiah 11:13

For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

KJV

Secundum numerum enim civitatum tuarum erant dii tui, Juda : et secundum numerum viarum Jerusalem, posuisti aras confusionis, aras ad libandum Baalim.

Vulgate

ὅτι κατ’ ἀριθμὸν τῶν πόλεών σου ἦσαν θεοί σου, Ἰούδα, καὶ κατ’ ἀριθμὸν ἐξόδων τῆς Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐτάξατε βωμοὺς θυμιᾷν τῇ Βάαλ.

LXX

For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

ASV

כִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר עָרֶ֔י/ךָ הָי֥וּ אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ יְהוּדָ֑ה וּ/מִסְפַּ֞ר חֻצ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם שַׂמְתֶּ֤ם מִזְבְּחוֹת֙ לַ/בֹּ֔שֶׁת מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לְ/קַטֵּ֥ר לַ/בָּֽעַל

Hebrew

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People JudahJudah

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹ֖שֶׁת
bsht
noun · 31×
בַּ֔עַל
b'l
proper_noun · 79×
ה
h
noun · 164×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים
mqtrym
verb · 117×
מִסְפַּ֣ר
mspr
noun · 134×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 8:5 — For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
  • 2Kgs 23:13 — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, an
  • Hos 9:10 — I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abom
  • Jer 2:28 — But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
  • Jer 2:28 — But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
  • Jer 7:9 — Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
  • Jer 19:4 — Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled thi
  • Jer 44:21 — The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and