21A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.


In Context

18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.

19 |But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me |My Father,| and shall not turn away from following me.'

20 |Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,| says Yahweh.

21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.

22 Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. |Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

23 Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

Jeremiah 3:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping [and] supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, [and] they have forgotten the LORD their God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:21A cry is heard on the barren heights, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel, because they have perverted their ways and have forgotten the Lord their God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice was heard in the highways, weeping and howling of the children of Israel: because they have made their way wicked, they have forgotten the Lord their God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping and the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice is heard upon the heights, the weeping supplications of the children of Israel; for they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping and the supplications of the children of Israel; for that they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice on high places is heard — weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah their God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21A voice was heard on the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.