Jeremiah 23:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And you prophets in Jerusalem are even worse. You're unfaithful in marriage and never tell the truth. You even lead others to sin instead of helping them turn back to me. You and the people of Jerusalem are evil like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20

The LORD said, “Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are doing all kinds of evil things.

Genesis 19:24

and the LORD sent burning sulphur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 19:25

He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.

Isaiah 9:15

Their rulers and leaders were the head, and the lying prophets were the tail.

Jeremiah 14:14

The LORD answered: They claim to speak for me, but they're lying! I didn't even speak to them, much less choose them to be my prophets. Their messages come from worthless dreams, useless fortune-telling, and their own imaginations.

Jeremiah 18:13

So I, the LORD, command you to ask the nations, and find out if they have ever heard of such a horrible sin as what you have done.

Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the towns you destroyed without pity. Let him hear shouts of alarm in the morning and battle cries at midday.

Jeremiah 23:17

These prophets go to people who refuse to respect me and who are stubborn and do whatever they want. The prophets tell them, “The LORD has promised everything will be fine.”

Jeremiah 23:22

If they had been in a meeting of my council in heaven, they would have told you people of Judah to give up your sins and come back to me.

Jeremiah 29:21

You think Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah are prophets because they claim to speak for me. But they are lying! I haven't told them anything. They are also committing other horrible sins in your community, such as sleeping with the wives of their friends. So I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar, who will put them to death while the rest of you watch. And in the future, when you want to put a curse on someone, you will say, “I pray that the LORD will kill you in the same way the king of Babylonia burnt Zedekiah and Ahab to death!”

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,

Jeremiah 49:18

as bad as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and towns nearby. The towns of Edom will be empty.

Lamentations 4:6

My nation was punished worse than the people of Sodom, whose city was destroyed in a flash without the help of human hands.

Ezekiel 13:16

because they promised my people peace, when there was no peace. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

Ezekiel 13:19

They charge my people a few handfuls of barley and a couple of pieces of bread, and then give messages that are insulting to me. They use lies to sentence the innocent to death and to help the guilty go free. And my people believe them!

Ezekiel 22:25

Their leaders are like roaring lions, tearing apart their victims. They put people to death, then steal everything of value. Husbands are killed, and many women are left as widows.

Hosea 6:10

I have seen a terrible thing in Israel— you are unfaithful and unfit to worship me.

Amos 4:11

I destroyed many of you, just as I did the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. You were a burning stick I rescued from the fire. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Micah 1:5

This will happen because of the terrible sins of Israel, the descendants of Jacob. Samaria has led Israel to sin, and pagan altars at Jerusalem have made Judah sin.

Micah 3:11

You leaders accept bribes for dishonest decisions. You priests and prophets teach and preach, but only for money. Then you say, “The LORD is on our side. No harm will come to us.”

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.

Zechariah 13:2

The LORD All-Powerful says: When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten for ever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them.

Malachi 1:1

I am Malachi. And this is the message that the LORD gave me for Israel.

Matthew 11:24

So I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than you.

Deuteronomy 32:32

Our enemies are grapevines rooted in the fields of Sodom and Gomorrah. The grapes they produce are full of bitter poison;

1 Timothy 4:2

They will also be fooled by the false claims of liars whose consciences have lost all feeling. These liars

2 Peter 2:6

God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin.

Jude 1:7

We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and did all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.

Revelation 11:8

Their bodies will be left lying in the streets of the same great city where their Lord was nailed to a cross. And that city is spiritually like the city of Sodom or the country of Egypt.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had performed miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulphur.

Revelation 21:8

But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulphur. This is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

But outside the city will be dogs, witches, immoral people, murderers, idol worshippers, and everyone who loves to tell lies and do wrong.