And because of the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, she (A)defiled the land and committed [a]adultery with (B)stones and trees.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:9 I.e., idolatry

Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land(A) and committed adultery(B) with stone(C) and wood.(D)

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19 Woe to him who (A)says to a piece of wood, ‘(B)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
That is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with (C)gold and silver,
Yet there is (D)no breath at all inside it.

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19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(A)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;(B)
    there is no breath in it.”(C)

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