Jeremiah 2:27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to me and not their face, yet in their time of disaster  they beg, ‘Rise up and save us! ’

Cross References

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves  , for grain and new wine; they turn away from me.

Hosea 5:15

I will depart and return to my place until they recognise their guilt and seek my face; they will search for me in their distress.

Ezekiel 23:35

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have forgotten me  and cast me behind your back,  you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.’

Ezekiel 8:16

So he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house, and there were about twenty-five men at the entrance of the Lord’s temple, between the portico and the altar,  with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces turned to the east.  They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

Jeremiah 32:33

They have turned their backs to me and not their faces.  Though I taught them time and time again,  , they do not listen and receive discipline.

Jeremiah 22:23

You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan  when pains come on you, agony like a woman in labour.

Jeremiah 18:17

I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them  my back and not my face on the day of their calamity.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey  at home  in the wilderness. She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can control her passion? All who look for her will not become weary; they will find her in her mating season.

Jeremiah 3:9

Indifferent to  her prostitution, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones  and trees.

Jeremiah 30:7

How awful that day will be! There will be no other like it! It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.

Jeremiah 37:3

Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal  son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah  son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, requesting, ‘Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf! ’

Daniel 9:7

Lord, righteousness belongs to you,  but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel #– #those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where you have banished them because of the disloyalty they have shown towards you.

Hosea 4:12

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to   their God.

2 Chronicles 29:6

For our ancestors were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned him, turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place, and turned their backs on him.  ,

Jeremiah 42:2

the prophet Jeremiah and said, ‘May our petition come before you;  pray to the Lord your God on our behalf,  on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many,  as you can see with your own eyes),