Jeremiah 18:18

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Some of the people said, “Let's get rid of Jeremiah! We will always have priests to teach us God's laws, as well as wise people to give us advice, and prophets to speak the Lord's messages. So, instead of listening to Jeremiah any longer, let's accuse him of a crime.”

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

You plan brutal crimes, and your lying words cut like a sharp razor.

Malachi 2:7

You priests should be eager to spread knowledge, and everyone should come to you for instruction, because you speak for me, the Lord All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 11:19

But then the Lord told me that they had planned to chop me down like a tree— fruit and all— so that no one would ever remember me again.

Jeremiah 18:11

So listen to me, people of Judah and Jerusalem! I have decided to strike you with disaster, and I won't change my mind unless you stop sinning and start living right.

Psalm 21:11

All their plans to harm you will come to nothing.

Jeremiah 43:2

But Azariah, Johanan and some other arrogant men said to me, “You're lying! The Lord didn't tell you to say that we shouldn't go to Egypt.

Proverbs 18:21

Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.

Psalm 64:3

Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.

Psalm 57:4

My enemies are fierce, much worse than lions! They have spears and arrows instead of teeth, and they have sharp swords instead of tongues.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests who teach my laws don't care to know me. Your leaders rebel against me; your prophets give messages from Baal and worship false gods.

Isaiah 32:7

Cruel people tell lies— they do evil things, and make cruel plans to destroy the poor and needy, even when they beg for justice.

Job 5:13

in their own evil schemes, and their wisdom fails.

1 Kings 22:24

Zedekiah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him on the face. Then he asked, “Do you really think the Lord would speak to you and not to me?”

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and the others liked Hushai's plan better than Ahithophel's plan. This was because the Lord had decided to keep Ahithophel's plan from working and to cause trouble for Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:31

Someone told David, “Ahithophel is helping Absalom plot against you!” David said, “Please, Lord, keep Ahithophel's plans from working!”

Leviticus 10:11

You must also teach the people of Israel everything that I commanded Moses to say to them.

John 9:40

When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, “Are we blind?”

Jeremiah 26:11

While they listened, the priests and the prophets said to the crowd, “All of you have heard Jeremiah prophesy that Jerusalem will be destroyed. He deserves the death penalty.”

Luke 11:45

A teacher of the Law of Moses spoke up, “Teacher, you said cruel things about us.”

Jeremiah 44:17

We have promised to worship the goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We will burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah. We had plenty of food back then. We were well off, and nothing bad ever happened to us.

Jeremiah 8:8

You say, “We are wise because we have the teachings and laws of the Lord.” But I say that your teachers have turned my words into lies!

Jeremiah 18:19

Please, Lord, answer my prayer. Make my enemies stop accusing me of evil.

Jeremiah 20:10

I heard the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid. Now's our chance to accuse Jeremiah!” All of my so-called friends are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They say, “Maybe Jeremiah can be tricked. Then we can overpower him and get even at last.”

Jeremiah 37:13

I was leaving Jerusalem through Benjamin Gate, when I was stopped by Irijah, the officer in charge of the soldiers at the gate. He said, “Jeremiah, you're under arrest for trying to join the Babylonians.”

Ezekiel 7:26

One tragedy will follow another, and you'll hear only bad news. People will beg prophets to give them a message from me. Priests will stop teaching my Law, and wise leaders won't be able to give advice.

2 Chronicles 24:21

King Joash forgot that Zechariah's father had always been a loyal friend. So when the people of Judah plotted to kill Zechariah, Joash joined them and gave orders for them to stone him to death in the courtyard of the temple. As Zechariah was dying, he said, “I pray that the Lord will see this and punish all of you.”

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight back, but they won't win. I, the Lord, give my word— I won't let them harm you.

Jeremiah 44:16

Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the Lord's name? We refuse to listen!

Lamentations 3:62

All day long they attack with words and whispers.

Micah 3:6

“You will live in the dark, far from the sight of the sun, with no message from me.

Micah 3:7

You prophets and fortunetellers will all be disgraced, with no message from me.”