Jeremiah 2:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁷ who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, ‘Arise and save us!’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ [Inasmuch as] they say to a tree, You are my father, and to a stone, You gave me birth. For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces; but in the time of their trouble, they say, Arise [O Lord] and save us!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

Common English Bible

²⁷ when they say to a piece of wood, “You are my father,” and to a stone, “You gave me birth.” They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Yet in their time of trouble they say, “Arise and save us!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ For they say to a piece of wood, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You have conceived me.' They have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their affliction, they will say: 'Rise up and deliver us.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ Saying to a stock: Thou art my father. And to a stone: Thou hast begotten me. They have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us.

Jeremiah 2:27 Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:6

For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God; they have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!

Jeremiah 18:17

Like the east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.”

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild ass used to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.

Jeremiah 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in travail!”

Jeremiah 3:9

Because harlotry was so light to her, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree.

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.

Jeremiah 32:33

They have turned to me their back and not their face; and though I have taught them persistently they have not listened to receive instruction.

Jeremiah 37:3

King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Ma-aseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray for us to the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let our supplication come before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us),

Ezekiel 23:35

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore bear the consequences of your lewdness and harlotry.”

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord; and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

Daniel 9:7

To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those that are near and those that are far away, in all the lands to which thou hast driven them, because of the treachery which they have committed against thee.

Hosea 4:12

My people inquire of a thing of wood, and their staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the harlot.

Hosea 5:15

I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress they seek me, saying,

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves, they rebel against me.