Jeremiah 2:25

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Your shoes are worn out, and your throat is parched from running here and there to worship foreign gods. “Stop!” I shouted, but you replied, “No! I love those gods too much.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:22

Even after all these terrible things happened to Ahaz, he sinned against the LORD even worse than before.

2 Chronicles 28:23

He said to himself, “The Syrian gods must have helped their kings defeat me. Perhaps if I offer sacrifices to those gods, they will help me.” That was the sin that finally led to the downfall of Ahaz, as well as to the destruction of Judah.

Isaiah 2:6

Our LORD, you have deserted your people, Israel, because they follow customs of nations from the east. They worship Philistine gods and are close friends of foreigners.

Isaiah 57:10

Though you tired yourself out by running after idols, you refused to stop. Your desires were so strong that they kept you going.

Jeremiah 13:21

You once trusted them to help, but now I'll let them rule you. What do you say about that? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 13:22

Do you know why your clothes were torn off and you were abused? It was because of your terrible sins.

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 18:12

But I know you won't listen. You might as well answer, “We don't care what you say. We have made plans to sin, and we are going to be stubborn and do what we want!”

Jeremiah 2:31

Now listen to what I say! Did I abandon you in the desert or surround you with darkness? You are my people, yet you have told me, “We'll do what we want, and we refuse to worship you!”

Jeremiah 22:20

People of Jerusalem, the nations you trusted have been crushed. Go to Lebanon and weep; cry in the land of Bashan and in Moab.

Jeremiah 22:21

When times were good, I warned you. But you ignored me, just as you have done since Israel was young.

Jeremiah 3:13

Just admit that you rebelled and worshipped foreign gods under large trees everywhere.

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.

Lamentations 1:2

Each night, bitter tears flood her cheeks. None of her former lovers are there to offer comfort; her friends have betrayed her and are now her enemies.

Lamentations 4:4

Babies are so thirsty that their tongues are stuck to the roof of the mouth. Children go begging for food, but no one gives them any.

Ezekiel 20:32

They may think they can be like other nations and get away with worshipping idols made of wood and stone. But that will never happen!

Hosea 2:3

or I will strip her naked like the day she was born. I will make her barren like a desert, and she will die of thirst.

Hosea 2:5

Your mother was unfaithful. She was disgraceful and said, “I'll run after my lovers. Everything comes from them— my food and drink, my linen and wool, my olive oil and wine.”

Malachi 3:14

Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the LORD God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying him and from going around looking sad?

Luke 15:22

But his father said to the servants, “Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.

Luke 16:24

he said to Abraham, “Have pity on me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and touch my tongue. I'm suffering terribly in this fire.”

Romans 8:24

And this hope is what saves us. But if we already have what we hope for, there is no need to keep on hoping.

Deuteronomy 28:48

he will send enemies to attack you and make you their slaves. Then you will live in poverty with nothing to eat, drink, or wear, and your owners will work you to death.

Deuteronomy 32:16

You made God jealous and angry by worshipping disgusting idols and foreign gods.