Jeremiah 2:27

God's Word

You call wood your father. You call stone your mother. You’ve turned your backs, not your faces, to me. But when you’re in trouble, you ask me to come and rescue you.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:6

Our ancestors were unfaithful and did what the Lord our God considered evil. They deserted him. They turned away from the Lord’s tent  and turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 26:16

O Lord, the people have come to you in trouble. They were humbled by oppression, by your discipline upon them.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are complete idiots. They learn nonsense from wooden idols.

Jeremiah 18:17

Like the east wind I will scatter them in front of the enemy. On the day of their disaster, I will show them my back, not my face.”

Jeremiah 2:24

You are like a wild donkey that is used to the desert, sniffing the wind while in heat. All who look for you won’t get tired. They will find you during your monthly period.

Jeremiah 22:23

You live in Lebanon and have your nest in the cedars. But you will groan when pain strikes you, pain like a woman giving birth to a child.

Jeremiah 3:9

Because she wasn’t concerned about acting like a prostitute, she polluted the land and committed adultery with standing stones and wood pillars.

Jeremiah 30:7

How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it.

Jeremiah 32:33

have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn.

Jeremiah 37:3

King Zedekiah sent Jehucal (son of Shelemiah) and the priest Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah) to the prophet Jeremiah. They asked him, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”

Jeremiah 42:2

They said to him, “Please listen to our request, and pray to the Lord your God for all of us who are left here. As you can see, there are only a few of us left.

Ezekiel 23:35

“This is what the Almighty Lord says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sinning and prostitution.”

Ezekiel 8:16

Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple. There at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the entrance and the altar, were about 25 men who had their backs turned to the Lord’s temple. They were facing east and worshiping the rising sun.

Daniel 9:7

You, Lord, are righteous. But we—the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far—are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to you.

Hosea 4:12

My people ask their wooden idols for help. A piece of wood tells them what to do. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray. They commit adultery by giving themselves to other gods.

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.”

Hosea 7:14

They don’t pray to me sincerely, even though they cry in their beds and make cuts on their bodies while praying for grain and new wine. They have turned against me.