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Jeremiah 5:19

American Standard Version

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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Jeremiah 5:19 in other translations

It will happen when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

Jeremiah 5:19 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 5:19 in context

  1. 17And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.
  2. 18But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
  3. 19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
  4. 20Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
  5. 21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not: