Jeremiah 2:27

Conservative English Version

worship stone idols and sacred poles as if they had created you and had given you life. You have rejected me, but when you're in trouble, you cry to me for help.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:6

Some of our ancestors were unfaithful and disobeyed the LORD our God. Not only did they turn their backs on the LORD, but they also completely ignored his temple.

Isaiah 26:16

When you punished our people, they turned and prayed to you, our LORD.

Jeremiah 10:8

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

Jeremiah 18:17

When your enemies attack, I will scatter you like dust blown by an eastern wind. Then, on that day of disaster, I will turn my back on you.

Jeremiah 2:24

You are a female donkey sniffing the desert air, wanting to mate with just anyone. You are an easy catch!

Jeremiah 22:23

Those who live in the palace paneled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth.

Jeremiah 3:9

The kingdom of Judah wasn't sorry for being a prostitute, and she didn't care that she had made both herself and the land unclean by worshiping idols of stone and wood.

Jeremiah 30:7

My people, soon you will suffer worse than ever before, but I will save you.

Jeremiah 32:33

(SEE 32:30)

Jeremiah 37:3

Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army was headed in this direction. One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, "Jeremiah, please pray to the LORD our God for us."

Jeremiah 42:2

and said, "Please pray to the LORD your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.

Ezekiel 23:35

You have completely rejected me, and so I promise that you will be punished for the disgusting things you did as a prostitute.

Ezekiel 8:16

I was then led into the temple's inner courtyard, where I saw about twenty-five men standing near the entrance, between the porch and the altar. Their backs were to the LORD's temple, and they were bowing down to the rising sun.

Daniel 9:7

Everything you do is right, our Lord. But still we suffer public disgrace because we have been unfaithful and have sinned against you. This includes all of us, both far and near--the people of Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel, as well as those you dragged away to foreign lands,

Hosea 4:12

You expect wooden idols and other objects of wood to give you advice. Lusting for sex at pagan shrines has made you unfaithful to me, your God.

Hosea 5:15

Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.

Hosea 7:14

They don't really pray to me; they just howl in their beds. They have rejected me for Baal and slashed themselves, in the hope that Baal will bless their crops.