9And it came to pass through the lightness of her prostitution, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.


In Context

6 The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.

7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her prostitution, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, said the LORD.

11 And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Jeremiah 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Because Israel's immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her fornication that she polluted the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her lewdness, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood.