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they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />but have followed the stubbornness of their heart and the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />but have walked stubbornly after their [own] heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed the Baals as their ancestors taught them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed after the Baals as their fathers taught them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They were stubborn and worshiped Baal, just as their ancestors did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They followed their own stubborn ways and other gods-the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Instead, they have been stubborn and have worshiped the idols of Baal as their ancestors taught them to do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Instead, they followed their rebellious hearts and the Baals, as their ancestors taught them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, "" And after the Ba‘alim, "" That their fathers taught them,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they went after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baalims which their fathers taught them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they have gone after the depravity of their own heart, and after Baal, which they learned from their fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />but followed instead their stubborn hearts and the Baals, as their ancestors had taught them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But have followed after the imagination of their own evil heart and after the idols which their fathers taught them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they went after the will of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers had taught them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, And after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them <i>to worship</i>:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2902" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">A Lament over Zion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·lə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">Instead, they have followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8307.htm" title="8307: šə·ri·rūṯ (N-fsc) -- Firmness, stubbornness. From sharar in the sense of twisted, i.e. Firm; obstinacy.">the stubbornness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">of their hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: wə·’a·ḥă·rê (Conj-w:: Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">and gone after</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: hab·bə·‘ā·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">the Baals,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">their fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925: lim·mə·ḏūm (V-Piel-Perf-3cp:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. to teach:(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er,ing).">taught them.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18-19</a></span><br />Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, / because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a></span><br />And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15-17</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">2 Chronicles 33:2-3</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2-3</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, / to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a></span><br />I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-3.htm">Matthew 15:3-9</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? / For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-9</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ / You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-25</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8-9</a></span><br />Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. / But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17-19</a></span><br />So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. / They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. / Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a></span><br />See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:</p><p class="hdg">walked.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a></b></br> At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a></b></br> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels <i>and</i> in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></b></br> And GOD saw that the wickedness of man <i>was</i> great in the earth, and <i>that</i> every imagination of the thoughts of his heart <i>was</i> only evil continually.</p><p class="hdg">imagination.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17</a></b></br> But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for <i>then</i> had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/1-4.htm">Zechariah 1:4,5</a></b></br> Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and <i>from</i> your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">Galatians 1:14</a></b></br> And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Ba'als</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Stubbornly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-4.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Walking</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Baalim</a> <a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Baals</a> <a href="/hosea/2-17.htm">Ba'als</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Instead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Stubbornly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Taught</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-8.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Walking</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-9.htm">and for their judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their destruction;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">and to trust not in themselves, but in God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "stubbornness of their hearts" refers to the willful disobedience and pride that leads people away from God's commandments. Biblically, the heart is often seen as the center of will and emotion (<a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>). This stubbornness is a rejection of divine wisdom, contrasting with the call to have a heart of flesh, sensitive to God's guidance (<a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26</a>). The Israelites' persistent rebellion is a pattern seen throughout their history, as in the wilderness wanderings (<a href="/exodus/32-9.htm">Exodus 32:9</a>).<p><b>and gone after the Baals</b><br>The Baals were Canaanite deities associated with fertility and weather, often worshiped through rituals that included idolatry and immorality. This phrase indicates a turning away from the worship of Yahweh to engage in pagan practices. The worship of Baal was a significant issue during the time of the Judges and the monarchy (<a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a>, <a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">1 Kings 18:18</a>). This idolatry was not just a religious failure but also a cultural assimilation that led to moral and social decay. The prophets frequently condemned this practice, emphasizing the exclusive worship of Yahweh (<a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a>).<p><b>as their fathers taught them.</b><br>This phrase underscores the generational nature of sin and disobedience. The Israelites' ancestors had also fallen into idolatry, setting a precedent for future generations (<a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a>). This reflects the biblical principle that the sins of the fathers can influence their descendants (<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>). However, it also highlights the responsibility of each generation to choose obedience to God, as seen in the call to break from the past and follow God's ways (<a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19-20</a>). The failure to do so results in a cycle of judgment and exile, as prophesied by Jeremiah and other prophets.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and calls for repentance to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The audience of Jeremiah's prophecies, who were often rebuked for their idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/baals.htm">Baals</a></b><br>Canaanite deities that the Israelites frequently turned to, representing a significant source of idolatry and spiritual adultery against Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers</a></b><br>Refers to the ancestors of the people of Judah, who had also engaged in idolatry and passed down these practices to subsequent generations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_stubbornness_of_their_hearts.htm">The Stubbornness of Their Hearts</a></b><br>A recurring theme in the Bible, indicating a willful resistance to God's commands and a preference for following one's own desires.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can be anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day "Baals" that we might be following.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_influence.htm">Generational Influence</a></b><br>The practices and beliefs of previous generations can significantly impact our spiritual lives. We must discern and break free from any ungodly traditions passed down to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_stubbornness_of_the_heart.htm">The Stubbornness of the Heart</a></b><br>Our hearts can be deceitful and lead us away from God. We need to cultivate a heart that is soft and responsive to God's Word and Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a></b><br>God calls us to turn away from our idols and return to Him. True repentance involves a change of heart and direction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a></b><br>In a world full of distractions and false gods, we are called to remain faithful to the one true God, just as Elijah challenged the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._9_14_align_with_idol_evidence.htm">In Jeremiah 9:14, the people follow Baal—how does this align historically with evidence of idol worship in that era? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_swearing.htm">Why does God cause people's hearts to harden?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_man's_heart_good_or_evil.htm">Is the heart of man good or evil? (Genesis 1:31 vs. Jeremiah 17:9)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_judge_deceitful_hearts.htm">(Jeremiah 17:9) If the heart is so deceitful, why would a just God hold humans accountable for following their inherent nature?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Imagination.</span>--Stubbornness, as in <a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm" title="At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.">Jeremiah 3:17</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Baalim.</span>--The generic name for false gods of all kinds, and therefore used in the plural. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm" title="The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.">Jeremiah 2:8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm" title="How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;">Jeremiah 2:23</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Imagination</span>; rather, <span class="accented">stubbornness</span> (see on Jeremiah 3:17). <span class="cmt_word">Baalim</span>. The Hebrew has "the Baalim;" practically equivalent to "the idol-gods" (see on Jeremiah 2:8). <span class="cmt_word">Which their fathers taught them</span>. "Which" refers to both clauses, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. <span class="accented">to</span> the obstinacy and the Baal-worship. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Instead, they have followed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the stubbornness</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁרִר֣וּת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ri·rūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8307.htm">Strong's 8307: </a> </span><span class="str2">Firmness, stubbornness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their hearts</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gone after</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַחֲרֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Baals,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבְּעָלִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·‘ā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal -- a heathen god</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבוֹתָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">taught them.”</span><br /><span class="heb">לִמְּד֖וּם</span> <span class="translit">(lim·mə·ḏūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3925.htm">Strong's 3925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To exercise in, learn</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Jeremiah 9:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:14 But have walked after the stubbornness (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>