Jeremiah 32:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But when our ancestors took over the land, they did not obey you. And now you have punished Israel with disaster.

Cross References

Ezra 9:7

Since the time of our ancestors, all of us have sinned. That's why we, our kings, and our priests have often been defeated by other kings. They have killed some of us and made slaves of others; they have taken our possessions and made us ashamed, just as we are today.

Nehemiah 9:15

When they were hungry, you sent bread from heaven, and when they were thirsty, you let water flow from a rock. Then you commanded them to capture the land that you had solemnly promised.

Psalm 78:10

They broke their agreement with God, and they turned their backs on his teaching.

Jeremiah 2:7

I brought you here to my land, where food is abundant, but you made my land filthy with your sins.

Jeremiah 26:4

Tell them that I have said: You have refused to listen to me and to obey my laws and teachings.

Jeremiah 44:10

Even now, your pride keeps you from respecting me and obeying the laws and teachings I gave you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 7:26

But you have ignored me and become even more stubborn and sinful than your ancestors ever were!

Lamentations 1:18

The LORD was right, but I refused to obey him. Now I ask all of you to look at my sufferings— even my young people have been dragged away.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem's horrible sins have made the city a joke. Those who once admired her now hate her instead— she has been disgraced; she groans and turns away.

Ezekiel 20:18

So I warned the children not to act like their parents or follow their evil ways or worship their idols.

Ezekiel 20:21

But the children also rebelled against me. They refused to obey my laws and teachings, and they treated the Sabbath as any other day. I became angry and decided to punish them in the desert.

Ezekiel 20:8

but they still rebelled against me. They refused to listen and kept on worshipping their idols and foreign gods. In my anger, I decided to punish the Israelites in Egypt.

Luke 17:10

And that's how it should be with you. When you've done all you should, then say, “We are merely servants, and we have simply done our duty.”

John 15:14

And you are my friends, if you obey me.

Galatians 3:10

Anyone who tries to please God by obeying the Law is under a curse. The Scriptures say, “Everyone who doesn't obey everything in the Law is under a curse.”

James 2:10

If you obey every law except one, you are still guilty of breaking them all.

Joshua 21:43

The LORD gave the Israelites the land he had promised their ancestors, and they captured it and settled in it.