Jeremiah 44:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't you think the LORD knew that you and your ancestors, your leaders and kings, and the rest of the people were burning incense to other gods in Jerusalem and everywhere else in Judah?

Cross References

1 Kings 17:18

The woman shouted at Elijah, “What have I done to you? I thought you were God's prophet. Did you come here to cause the death of my son as a reminder that I've sinned against God?”

Psalm 79:8

Don't make us pay for the sins of our ancestors. Have pity and come quickly! We are completely helpless.

Isaiah 64:9

Don't be so furious or keep our sins in your thoughts for ever! Remember that all of us are your people.

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 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.

Jeremiah 44:20

Then I told the crowd:

Jeremiah 44:9

When you were living in Jerusalem and Judah, you followed the example of your ancestors in doing evil things, just like your kings and queens.

Ezekiel 16:24

but you also built places on every street corner

Hosea 7:2

No one realizes that I have seen their sins surround them like a flood.

Amos 8:7

I, the LORD, won't forget any of this, though you take great pride in your ancestor Jacob.

Deuteronomy 32:19

You were the LORD's children, but you made him angry. Then he rejected you

Deuteronomy 32:34

But the LORD has written a list of their sins and locked it in his vault.

Revelation 16:19

The great city of Babylon split into three parts, and the cities of other nations fell. So God made Babylon drink from the wine cup that was filled with his anger.

Revelation 18:5

Her sins are piled as high as heaven. God has remembered the evil she has done.

1 Samuel 15:3

“Go and attack the Amalekites! Destroy them and all their possessions. Don't have any pity. Kill their men, women, children, and even their babies. Slaughter their cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys.”