Yeremia 9:13-14

9:13 The Lord answered, “This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws. ¹  9:14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to ²  the gods called Baal, ³  as their fathers ⁴  taught them to do.

[9:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and they have not walked in it (with “it” referring to “my law”).

[9:14]  ² tn Heb “they have gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.

[9:14]  ³ tn Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so NLT).

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.