King James Version

Jeremiah 3:9

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

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וְהָיָה֙vehayahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מִקֹּ֣לmiqolfrom soundקוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.זְנוּתָ֔הּzenutahwhoredomזְנוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “whoredom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2184adultery, i.e. (figuratively) infidelity, idolatrywhoredom.וַתֶּחֱנַ֖ףvatechenafand corruptחָנֵףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and corrupt”, the next action in the storyH2610to soil, especially in a moral sensecorrupt, defile, [idiom] greatly, pollute, profane.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וַתִּנְאַ֥ףvatinafand commit adulteryנָאַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and commit adultery”, the next action in the storyH5003to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatizeadulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאֶ֖בֶןhaeventhe stoneאֶבֶןdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָעֵֽץhaetsthe treeעֵץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And 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.

World English Bible

Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

και ἐγένετο εἰς οὐθὲν ἡ πορνεία αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐμοίχευσε τὸ ξύλον καὶ τὸν λίθον.