Jeremiah 2:6

Easy To Read Version

Your ancestors did not say,\par ‘The Lord brought us from Egypt.\par The Lord led us through the desert.\par The Lord led us through a dry\par and rocky land.\par The Lord led us through a dark\par and dangerous land.\par No people live there.\par People don’t even travel through\par that land.\par But the Lord led us through that land.\par So where is the Lord now?’\par

Cross References

2 Kings 2:14

Just as Elisha hit the water, the water separated to the right and to the left! And Elisha crossed the river.

Job 3:5

I wish that day had stayed dark—\par as dark as death.\par I wish clouds would hide that day.\par I wish black clouds could\par scare away the light\par from the day I was born.\par

Job 35:10

But those bad people\par will not ask God for help.\par They will not say,\par ‘Where is the God who made me?\par God helps people\par when they are depressed.\par So where is he?\par

Psalm 23:4

Even if I walk through a valley\par as dark as the grave, {\cf2\super [140]} \par I will not be afraid of any danger.\par Why? Because you are with me, Lord.\par Your rod and staff {\cf2\super [141]} comfort me.\par

Psalm 77:5

I kept thinking about the past.\par I kept thinking about things\par that happened long ago.\par

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord [123] your God. I led you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves. {So you must obey these commands:}

Isaiah 63:9

The people had many troubles,\par but the Lord was not against them.\par The Lord loved the people\par and felt sorry for them.\par So the Lord saved them.\par He sent his special angel to save them.\par He picked them up and carried them,\par and \{he will take care of them\} forever.\par

Isaiah 64:7

We don’t worship you.\par We don’t trust in your name.\par We aren’t excited about following you.\par So you have turned away from us.\par We are helpless before you,\par because we are full of sin.\par

Jeremiah 13:16

Honor the Lord your God.\par Praise him or he will bring darkness.\par Praise him before you fall on the dark hills.\par You people of Judah are hoping for light.\par But the Lord will turn the light into thick darkness.\par The Lord will change the light into a very thick darkness.\par

Jeremiah 2:2

“Jeremiah, go and speak to the people of Jerusalem. Say to them:

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not ask,\par ‘Where is the Lord?’\par The people that know the law\par did not want to know me.\par The leaders of the people of Israel\par turned against me.\par The prophets prophesied {\cf2\super [5]} in the name\par of the false god Baal. {\cf2\super [6]} \par They worshiped worthless idols.”\par

Jeremiah 5:12

“Those people have lied about the Lord.\par They have said,\par ‘The Lord will not do anything to us.\par Nothing bad will happen to us.\par We will never see an army attack us.\par We will never starve.’\par

Jeremiah 5:2

The people make promises and say, ‘As the Lord lives.’ But they don’t really mean it.”

Jeremiah 51:43

Babylon will be like a dry, desert land.\par Its cities will be empty ruins.\par No people will live in those cities.\par No people will even travel through them.\par

Hosea 12:13

But the Lord used a prophet and brought Israel out of Egypt. The Lord used a prophet and kept Israel safe.

Hosea 13:4

“I have been the Lord your God since the time you were in the land of Egypt. You did not know any other god except me. I am the One who saved you.

Amos 2:10

“I was the One who brought you from the land of Egypt. For 40 years I led you through the desert. I helped you take the Amorites’ land.

Matthew 4:16

Those people live in darkness (sin),\par but they have seen a great light;\par the light has come for those people\par that live in the land that is dark\par like a grave.”\par \i (Isaiah 9:1-2)\i0 \par

Deuteronomy 1:19

“Then we obeyed the Lord our God. We left Mount Horeb (Sinai) and traveled toward the hill country of the Amorite people. We went through that big and terrible desert that you saw. We came to Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 32:10

“The Lord found Jacob (Israel) in a desert land, an empty, windy land. The Lord surrounded Jacob to watch over him. He protected him, like the pupil of his eye.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you must remember the whole trip that the Lord your God has led you through these 40 years in the desert. The Lord was testing you. He wanted to make you humble. He wanted to know the things in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

Judges 6:13

Then Gideon said, “I promise sir, if the Lord is with us, then why are we having so many troubles? We heard that he did wonderful things for our ancestors. [53] Our ancestors told us that the Lord took them out of Egypt. But the Lord left us. The Lord has allowed the people of Midian to defeat us.”