Jeremiah 7:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

And then you come into my temple and worship me! Do you think I will protect you so that you can go on sinning?

Cross References

1 Kings 9:3

The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshipped for ever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it.

2 Kings 21:4

In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshipped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods

2 Chronicles 33:4

In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshipped, Manasseh built altars for pagan gods

Proverbs 15:8

The LORD is disgusted by gifts from the wicked, but it makes him happy when his people pray.

Isaiah 48:2

You call Jerusalem your home and say you depend on me, the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel.

Jeremiah 32:34

They have set up disgusting idols in my temple, and now it isn't a fit place to worship me.

Jeremiah 34:15

but you decided to obey me and do the right thing by setting your Hebrew slaves completely free. You even went to my temple, and in my name you made an agreement to set them free. But you have abused my name, because you broke your agreement and forced your former slaves back into slavery.

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.

Jeremiah 7:11

You are thieves, and you have made my temple your hideout. But I've seen everything you have done.

Jeremiah 7:14

Don't think this temple will protect you. Long ago I told your ancestors to build it and worship me here, but now I have decided to tear it down, just as I destroyed Shiloh.

Jeremiah 7:30

You have disobeyed me by putting your disgusting idols in my temple, and now the temple itself is disgusting to me.

Ezekiel 20:39

Go ahead and worship your idols for now, you Israelites, because soon I will no longer let you dishonour me by offering gifts to them. You will have no choice but to obey me!

Ezekiel 23:29

They will cruelly take away everything you have worked for and strip you naked. Then everyone will see you for the prostitute you really are. Your own vulgar sins

Ezekiel 23:37

They have been unfaithful by worshipping idols, and they have committed murder by sacrificing my own children as offerings to idols.

Ezekiel 33:25

So, Ezekiel, tell them I am saying: How can you think the land is still yours? You eat meat with blood in it and worship idols. You commit murder

Ezekiel 33:31

So they all come and listen to you, but they refuse to do what you tell them. They claim to be faithful, but they are for ever trying to cheat others out of their money.

Ezekiel 5:11

Your disgusting sins have made my temple unfit as a place to worship me. So I swear by my own life that I will turn my back on you and show you no pity.

Daniel 9:18

Please show mercy to your chosen city, not because we deserve it, but because of your great kindness.

Hosea 6:9

You priests are like a gang of robbers in ambush. On the road to Shechem you murder and commit other horrible crimes.

Amos 4:5

Bring offerings to show me how thankful you are. Gladly bring more offerings than I have demanded. You really love to do this. I, the LORD God, have spoken!

Zephaniah 1:5

Not a trace will be found of those who worship stars from their rooftops, or bow down to the god Milcom, while claiming loyalty to me, the LORD.

Malachi 3:15

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

John 13:18

I am not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But what the Scriptures say must come true. And they say, “The man who ate with me has turned against me!”

John 18:28

It was early in the morning when Jesus was taken from Caiaphas to the building where the Roman governor stayed. But the crowd waited outside. Any of them who had gone inside would have become unclean and would not be allowed to eat the Passover meal.