Jeremiah 1:16

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I will carry out my sentence against the inhabitants for all their wickedness, because they abandoned me to burn incense to pagan gods, to worship idols they themselves made.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:17

They have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, making me angry by everything they've done. My anger will be poured out upon this place and will not be stopped.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 28:2

He followed the example of the kings of Israel, and also cast metal idols for worshiping the Baals.

2 Chronicles 34:25

They have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, making me angry by everything they've done. My anger will be poured out upon this place and will not be stopped.

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you turn away and ignore the laws and the commandments I have given you, and if you go and serve and worship other gods,

Isaiah 2:8

Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands!

Isaiah 37:19

They have thrown their gods into the fire because they are not really gods—they are just the work of human hands, made of wood and stone so they could destroy them.

Isaiah 44:15

Some wood he burns, to keep him warm and to bake his bread. Then he uses some of the same wood to make a god to worship, an idol he bows down to!

Isaiah 65:3

These people are always making me angry, because they present sacrifices to idols in their sacred gardens, and offer incense on pagan altars made of brick.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are useless, an object to be laughed at. They will be destroyed at the time of their punishment.

Jeremiah 10:3

The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a craftsman carves the wood with a tool to make an idol.

Jeremiah 11:12

Then the people in the towns of Judah and Jerusalem will go and call out for help to the gods they've been burning incense to, but these gods won't be able to do anything to save them in their time of trouble.

Jeremiah 11:17

I, the Lord Almighty, was the one who planted you, but I have announced you will be destroyed because of the evil that the people of Israel and Judah have committed, making me angry by burning incense to Baal.

Jeremiah 15:6

You have deserted me, declares the Lord. You have turned your back on me. So I will take action against you and destroy you; I am tired of showing you mercy.

Jeremiah 16:11

Answer them: It's because your forefathers deserted me, declares the Lord. They went and followed other gods, serving them and worshiping them. They abandoned me and didn't keep my laws.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are Israel's hope. Anyone who deserts you will be disgraced. Anyone who turns their back on you will vanish like names written in the dust, for they have abandoned the Lord, the source of living water.

Jeremiah 18:15

But my people have rejected me! They burn incense to useless idols which trip them up, making them leave the old roads in order to walk down unmade paths instead of the highway.

Jeremiah 19:4

My people have deserted me and have made this a place where foreign gods are worshiped. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they and their forefathers and the kings of Judah never knew anything about. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people.

Jeremiah 2:13

For my people have done two evil things. They have abandoned me, the source of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that can't hold water.

Jeremiah 2:17

Didn't you bring this on yourself by abandoning the Lord your God when he was leading you in the right way?

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness will discipline you; your own disobedience will teach you a lesson. Think about it and you'll recognize what a bitter evil it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and not to respect me, declares the Lord God Almighty.

Jeremiah 2:28

So where are these “gods” of yours that you made for yourselves? Let them come and help you when you're in trouble! Let them save you if they can, because you Israelites have as many gods as you have towns.

Jeremiah 4:12

No, this wind is too strong for that, and it comes from me. Now I'm also going to tell them how I will punish them.”

Jeremiah 4:28

The earth will mourn and the heavens above will go dark. I have spoken; this is what I have ordered. I'm not going to stop or change my mind.”

Jeremiah 44:17

In fact we're going to do everything we said we would. We'll burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to worship her as we did before, just like our fathers, our kings, and our officials who did the same things in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Back then we had plenty of food and we were well off and nothing bad happened to us.

Jeremiah 5:29

Shouldn't I punish them for all this? declares the Lord. Shouldn't I retaliate for what this nation has done?

Jeremiah 5:9

Shouldn't I punish them for all this? declares the Lord. Shouldn't I retaliate for what this nation has done?

Jeremiah 51:17

Everyone is stupid; they don't know anything. Every metalworker is embarrassed by the idols they make. For their images made of molten metal are fraudulent—they're not alive!

Jeremiah 7:17

Can't you see how they're behaving in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Jeremiah 7:18

The children collect the firewood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods to make me angry and hurt.

Jeremiah 7:9

Are you really going to continue stealing, murdering, committing adultery, and lying, burning incense to Baal, and worshiping other gods that you know nothing about,

Ezekiel 16:18

You used your embroidered clothes to dress them, and you placed before them my olive oil and incense.

Ezekiel 24:14

I, the Lord, have spoken. The time is soon coming when I will do what I say. I won't change my mind or show pity, I won't stop. I will judge you by your attitude and actions, declares the Lord God.”

Hosea 11:2

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to the Baals and offered incense to idols.

Hosea 8:6

This idol is from Israel! A craftsman made it—it's not God! The calf of Samaria will be broken in pieces!

Joel 2:11

The Lord shouts his commands at the head of his army. His camp is immense, and those who carry out his orders are powerful. The day of the Lord is totally terrifying—who can stand it?

Acts 7:41

Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf, sacrificed to it, and celebrated what they themselves had made!

Deuteronomy 28:20

The Lord will send you curses, making you confused and frustrated in everything you do, until you are brought down and die quickly because of the evil that you've done by abandoning him.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord told Moses, “You will join your ancestors in death, and these people are going to prostitute themselves by worshiping the foreign gods of the country they are entering. They will abandon me and break the agreement I've made with them.

Joshua 24:20

if you give up on him and worship foreign gods. He will turn against you and destroy you despite all the good he has done for you.”

Revelation 9:20

But the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of what they were doing. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, and stone—which can't see or hear or walk!