Jeremiah 23:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Those unfaithful prophets misuse their power all over the country. So God turned the pasture lands into scorching deserts.

Cross References

Ezra 10:18

Here is a list of the priests who had agreed to divorce their foreign wives and to sacrifice a ram as a sin offering: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah from the family of Joshua son of Jozadak and his brothers;

Psalm 107:34

flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

Isaiah 24:6

The earth is under a curse; its people are dying out because of their sins.

Isaiah 5:18

You are in for trouble! The lies you tell are like ropes by which you drag along sin and evil.

Jeremiah 12:11

Every field I see lies barren, and no one cares.

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.

Jeremiah 6:13

Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

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.

Jeremiah 9:10

I weep for the pasture land in the hill country. It's so barren and scorched that no one travels there. No cattle can be found there, and birds and wild animals have all disappeared.

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 9:2

I wish I could go into the desert and find a hiding place from all who are treacherous and unfaithful to God.

Hosea 7:4

Everyone burns with desire— they are like coals in an oven, ready to burst into flames.

Joel 1:10

Barren fields mourn; grain, grapes, and olives are scorched and shrivelled.

Leviticus 5:1

If you refuse to testify in court about something you saw or know has happened, you have sinned and can be punished.

Zephaniah 3:4

Jerusalem's prophets are proud and not to be trusted. The priests have disgraced the place of worship and abused God's Law.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

1 Timothy 1:10

The Law was written for people who are sexual perverts or who live as homosexuals or are kidnappers or liars or won't tell the truth in court. It is for anything else that opposes the correct teaching

Hebrews 13:4

Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.

James 4:4

You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know that if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.