Jeremiah 3:13

Easy To Read Version

But you must recognize your sin.\par You turned against the Lord your God.\par That is your sin.\par You worshiped the idols of people\par from other nations.\par You worshiped those idols\par under every green tree.\par You did not obey me.’”\par This message was from the Lord.\par

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:2

Those people that were true Israelites separated themselves from foreigners. The Israelites stood \{in the temple\} and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors. {\cf2\super [49]}

Proverbs 28:13

A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Isaiah 57:5

All you want is to worship false gods\par under every green tree.\par You kill children by every stream,\par and sacrifice them in the rocky places.\par

Jeremiah 14:10

This is what the Lord says about the people of Judah: “The people of Judah really love to leave me. Those people don’t stop themselves from leaving me. So now, the Lord will not accept them. Now the Lord will remember the bad things they do. The Lord will punish them for their sins.”

Jeremiah 14:20

Lord, we know that we are evil people.\par We know that our ancestors {\cf2\super [125]} did bad things.\par Yes, we sinned against you.\par

Jeremiah 2:20

“Judah, a long time ago you threw off\par your yoke.\par You broke the ropes\par \{that I used to control you\}.\par You said to me,\par ‘I will not serve you!’\par You were like a prostitute\par on every high hill\par and under every green tree. {\cf2\super [11]} \par

Jeremiah 2:25

Judah, stop chasing after idols!\par Stop being thirsty for those other gods.\par But you say, ‘It is no use! I can’t quit!\par I love those other gods.\par I want to worship them.’\par

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah.\par Is there any place where you have not\par had sex with your lovers (false gods)?\par You have sat by the road waiting for lovers,\par like an Arab waiting in the desert.\par You made the land ‘dirty’!\par How? You did many bad things\par and you were unfaithful to me.\par

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame.\par Let our shame cover us like a blanket.\par We have sinned against the Lord our God.\par We and our fathers have sinned.\par We have not obeyed the Lord our God\par

Jeremiah 3:6

The Lord spoke to me during the time King Josiah was ruling the nation of Judah. The Lord said: “Jeremiah, you saw the bad things that Israel {\cf2\super [15]} did? You saw how she was unfaithful to me. She did the sin of adultery with idols on every hill and under every green tree.

Jeremiah 7:24

“But your ancestors {\cf2\super [64]} did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were stubborn and did the things they wanted to do. They did not become good. They became even more evil—they went backward, not forward.

Jeremiah 7:26

But your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did evil worse than their fathers.

Ezekiel 16:15

\{God said,\} “But you began to trust in your beauty. You used the good name you had and became unfaithful to me. You acted like a prostitute {\cf2\super [121]} with every man that passed by. You gave yourself to them all!

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my place,\par until the people admit they are guilty,\par until they come looking for me.\par Yes, in their trouble they will try hard\par to find me.”\par

Deuteronomy 12:2

You will take that land from the nations that live there now. You must completely destroy all the places where the people of these nations worship their gods. These places are on high mountains, on hills, and under green trees.