Jeremiah 44:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

because the people of Judah made me angry by worshipping gods that had never helped them or their ancestors.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:33

You have always been fair when you punished us for our sins.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem and Judah, you rebelled against your glorious LORD— your words and your actions, made you stumble and fall.

Jeremiah 11:17

I am the LORD All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots.

Jeremiah 16:10

They will ask, “Why has the LORD our God threatened us with so many disasters? Have we done something wrong or sinned against him?”

Jeremiah 22:9

Others will answer, “It's because the people worshipped foreign gods and broke the agreement that the LORD their God had made with them.”

Jeremiah 32:30

The kings and the officials, the priests and the prophets, and everyone else in Israel and Judah have turned from me and made me angry by worshipping idols. Again and again I have tried to teach my people to obey me, but they refuse to be corrected. I am going to get rid of Jerusalem, because its people have done nothing but evil.

Jeremiah 44:23

This disaster happened because you worshipped other gods and rebelled against the LORD by refusing to obey him or follow his laws and teachings.

Jeremiah 44:8

You have made me angry by worshipping idols and burning incense to other gods after you came here to Egypt. You will die such a disgusting death, that other nations will use the name of Judah as a curse word.

Jeremiah 5:19

And the people who survive will ask, “Why did the LORD our God do such terrible things to us?” Then tell them: I am the LORD, but you abandoned me and worshipped other gods in your own land. Now you will be slaves in a foreign country.

Jeremiah 5:29

You need to be punished, and so I will take revenge.

Jeremiah 7:19

But they are not only insulting me; they are also insulting themselves by doing these shameful things.

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.

Lamentations 4:13

Jerusalem was punished because her prophets and her priests had sinned and caused the death of innocent victims.

Ezekiel 9:9

The LORD answered, “The people of Israel and Judah have done horrible things. Their country is filled with murderers, and Jerusalem itself is filled with violence. They think that I have deserted them, and that I can't see what they are doing.

Daniel 9:5

But we have sinned terribly by rebelling against you and rejecting your laws and teachings.

Deuteronomy 13:6

Someone else may say to you, “Let's worship other gods.” That person may be your best friend, your brother or sister, your son or daughter, or your own dear wife or husband. But you must not listen to people who say such things. Instead, you must stone them to death. You must be the first to throw the stones, then others from the community will finish the job. Don't show any pity. The gods worshipped by other nations have never done anything for you or your ancestors. People who ask you to worship other gods are trying to get you to stop worshipping the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. So put to death anyone who asks you to worship another god.

Deuteronomy 29:25

And they will be given this answer: Our ancestors worshipped the LORD, but after he brought them out of Egypt and made an agreement with them, they rejected the agreement

Deuteronomy 29:26

and decided to worship gods that had never helped them. The LORD had forbidden Israel to worship these gods,

Deuteronomy 32:17

You offered sacrifices to demons, those useless gods that never helped you, new gods that your ancestors never worshipped.

Hebrews 3:16

Who were those people that heard God's voice and rebelled? Weren't they the same ones that came out of Egypt with Moses?