Jeremiah 2:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You deny your sins and say, “We aren't unclean. We haven't worshipped Baal.” But think about what you do in Hinnom Valley. And you run back and forth like young camels, as you rush to worship one idol after another.

Cross References

Esther 8:16

and the Jews were no longer afraid. In fact, they were very happy and felt that they had won a victory.

Psalm 36:2

They like themselves too much to hate their own sins or even to see them.

Psalm 50:21

When you did all this, I didn't say a word, and you thought, “God is just like us!” But now I will accuse you.

Proverbs 28:13

If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.

Proverbs 30:12

others think they are perfect, but they are stained by sin.

Proverbs 30:20

An unfaithful wife says, “Sleeping with another man is as natural as eating.”

Jeremiah 14:10

My people, you love to wander away; you don't even try to stay close to me. So now I will reject you and punish you for your sins. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 16:10

They will ask, “Why has the LORD our God threatened us with so many disasters? Have we done something wrong or sinned against him?”

Jeremiah 2:36

When Assyria let you down, you ran to Egypt, but you'll find no help there,

Jeremiah 3:2

Just try to find one hilltop where you haven't gone to worship other gods by having sex. You sat beside the road like a robber in ambush, except you offered yourself to every passer-by. Your sins of unfaithfulness have polluted the land.

Jeremiah 31:22

Will you ever decide to be faithful? I will make sure that some day things will be different, as different as a woman protecting a man.

Jeremiah 7:31

At Topheth in Hinnom Valley you have built altars where you kill your children and burn them as sacrifices to other gods. I would never think of telling you to do this.

Jeremiah 9:14

They were stubborn and worshipped Baal, just as their ancestors did.

Hosea 1:2

The LORD said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her.”

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to show that he knew what he was talking about. So he asked Jesus, “Who are my neighbours?”

Romans 3:19

We know that everything in the Law was written for those who are under its power. The Law says these things to stop anyone from making excuses and to let God show that the whole world is guilty.