Jeremiah 7:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Do you see what the people of Judah are doing in their towns and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Cross References

Jeremiah 1:16

I will punish my people, because they are guilty of turning from me to worship idols.

Jeremiah 32:29

The Babylonian army is already attacking, and they will capture the city and set it on fire. The people of Jerusalem have made me angry by going up to the flat roofs of their houses and burning incense to Baal and offering wine sacrifices to other gods. Now these houses will be burnt to the ground!

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 44:4

Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning,

Jeremiah 44:6

Finally, my anger struck like a raging flood, and today Jerusalem and the towns of Judah are nothing but empty ruins.

Jeremiah 6:27

Jeremiah, test my people as though they were metal.

Jeremiah 7:16

Jeremiah, don't pray for these people! I, the LORD, would refuse to listen.

Jeremiah 7:18

Children gather firewood, their fathers build fires, and their mothers mix dough to bake bread for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They even offer wine sacrifices to other gods, just to insult me.

Ezekiel 14:23

You will be convinced that I, the LORD God, was right in doing what I did.