Jeremiah 3:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

So I, the Lord, refused to let the spring rains fall. But just like a prostitute, you still have no shame for what you have done.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:19

until your pride is completely crushed. I will hold back the rain, so the sky above you will be like iron, and the ground beneath your feet will be like copper.

Jeremiah 14:4

There has been no rain, and farmers feel sick as they watch cracks appear in the dry ground.

Jeremiah 14:22

Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 5:24

You refuse to say, “Let's worship the Lord! He's the one who sends rain in spring and autumn and gives us a good harvest.”

Isaiah 5:6

It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor hoed; it will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.

Haggai 1:11

And so, at my command everything will become barren—your farmland and pastures, your vineyards and olive trees, your animals and you yourselves. All your hard work will be for nothing.

Amos 4:7

Three months before harvest, I kept back the rain. Sometimes I would let it fall on one town or field but not on another, and pastures dried up.

Jeremiah 9:12

I said to the Lord, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”

Jeremiah 8:12

They should be ashamed of the way they live, but they don't even blush. And so, when I punish Judah, they will end up on the ground, dead like everyone else.

Jeremiah 6:15

They should be ashamed of their disgusting sins, but they don't even blush. And so, when I punish Judah, they will end up on the ground, dead like everyone else. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Zephaniah 3:5

All who do evil are shameless, but the Lord does right and is always fair. With the dawn of each day, God brings about justice.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the people of Israel will refuse to listen, because they have refused to listen to me. All of them are stubborn and hardheaded,

Jeremiah 5:3

I answered, “I know that you look for truth. You punished your people for their lies, but in spite of the pain, they became more stubborn and refused to turn back to you.”

Hebrews 12:25

Make sure you obey the one who speaks to you. The people did not escape, when they refused to obey the one who spoke to them at Mount Sinai. Do you think you can possibly escape, if you refuse to obey the one who speaks to you from heaven?

Nehemiah 9:17

But, our God, you are merciful and quick to forgive; you are loving, kind, and very patient. So you never turned away from them—

Jeremiah 14:3

Rulers send their servants to the storage pits for water. But there's none to be found; they return in despair with their jars still empty.

Jeremiah 36:2

since the time Josiah was king, I have been speaking to you about Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Now, get a scroll and write down everything I have told you,

Zephaniah 2:1

You disgraceful nation, gather around,

Genesis 19:34

The next day the older daughter said to her sister, “I slept with my father last night. We'll get him drunk again tonight, so you can sleep with him, and we can each have a child.”

Proverbs 21:29

Wicked people bluff their way, but God's people think before they take a step.

Jeremiah 5:25

That's why I cannot bless you! *

Jeremiah 14:1

When there had been no rain for a long time, the Lord told me to say to the people:

Amos 4:8

People from two or three towns would go to a town that still had water, but it wasn't enough. Even then you rejected me. I, the Lord, have spoken!