Jeremiah 18:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But you, my people, have turned from me to burn incense to worthless idols. You have left the ancient road to follow an unknown path where you stumble over idols.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:12

Though you are God's people, you are ruled and abused by women and children. You are confused by leaders who guide you down the wrong path.

Isaiah 41:29

They are nothing, and they can do nothing— they are less than a passing breeze.

Isaiah 57:14

The LORD says, “Clear the road! Get it ready for my people.”

Isaiah 62:10

People of Jerusalem, open your gates! Repair the road to the city and clear it of stones; raise a banner to help the nations find their way.

Isaiah 65:7

I, the LORD, will make them pay for their sins and for those of their ancestors— they have disgraced me by burning incense on mountains.

Isaiah 9:16

They had led the nation down the wrong path, and the people were confused.

Jeremiah 1:16

I will punish my people, because they are guilty of turning from me to worship idols.

Jeremiah 10:15

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 11:12

Then they will offer sacrifices to their other gods and ask them for help. After all, the people of Judah have more gods than towns, and more altars for Baal than there are streets in Jerusalem. But those gods won't be able to rescue the people of Judah from disaster.

Jeremiah 11:17

I am the LORD All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots.

Jeremiah 13:25

I won't change my mind. I, the LORD, have spoken. You rejected me and worshipped false gods.

Jeremiah 16:19

Our LORD, you are the one who gives me strength and protects me like a fortress when I am in trouble. People will come to you from distant nations and say, “Our ancestors worshipped false and useless gods,

Jeremiah 17:13

You are a spring of water giving Israel life and hope. But if the people reject what you have told me, they will be swept away like words written in dust.

Jeremiah 18:14

The snow on Lebanon's mountains never melts away, and the streams there never run dry.

Jeremiah 2:13

You, my people, have sinned in two ways— you have rejected me, the source of life-giving water, and you've tried to collect water in cracked and leaking pits dug in the ground.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own sins will punish you, because it was a bitter mistake for you to reject me without fear of punishment. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken.

Jeremiah 2:32

A bride could not forget to wear her jewellery to her wedding, but you have forgotten me day after day.

Jeremiah 3:21

Listen to the noise on the hilltops! It's the people of Israel, weeping and begging me to answer their prayers. They forgot about me and chose the wrong path.

Jeremiah 51:18

Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 6:16

The LORD said: My people, when you stood at the crossroads, I told you, “Follow the road your ancestors took, and you will find peace.” But you refused.

Jeremiah 7:9

You steal and murder; you lie in court and are unfaithful in marriage. You worship idols and offer incense to Baal, when these gods have never done anything for you.

Ezekiel 21:15

They will lose all courage and stumble with fear. My slaughtering sword is waiting at every gate, flashing and ready to kill.

Hosea 11:2

But as the saying goes, “The more they were called, the more they rebelled.” They never stopped offering incense and sacrifices to the idols of Baal.

Hosea 2:13

I'll punish her for the days she worshipped Baal and burnt incense to him. I'll punish her for the times she forgot about me and wore jewellery and rings to attract her lovers. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Hosea 2:6

I, the LORD, will build a fence of thorns to block her path.

Malachi 2:8

But you have turned your backs on me. Your teachings have led others to do sinful things, and you have broken the agreement I made with your ancestor Levi.

Matthew 15:6

Is this any way to show respect to your parents? You ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching.

Romans 14:21

It is best not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything else that causes problems for other followers of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:21

You worshipped worthless idols, and made me jealous and angry! Now I will send a cruel and worthless nation to make you jealous and angry.