Jeremiah 8:5

God's Word

The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. They still cling to deceit. They refuse to return.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:13

Cling to discipline. Do not relax your grip on it. Keep it because it is your life.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse and rebel, you will be destroyed by swords.” The Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, ‘Don’t see ⌞the future⌟.’ They say to those who have visions, ‘Don’t have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. See illusions.

Isaiah 44:20

They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They can’t rescue themselves or ask themselves, “Isn’t what I hold in my right hand a false god?”

Jeremiah 14:7

Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name, even though our sins testify against us. We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 2:32

A young woman can’t forget her jewelry or a bride her veils. Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.

Jeremiah 3:5

He won’t hold a grudge forever. He won’t always be angry.’ You have said and done all the evil things that you could.”

Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, your eyes look for the truth. You strike these people, but they don’t feel it. You crush them, but they refuse to be corrected. They are more stubborn than rocks. They refuse to turn back.

Jeremiah 5:6

That is why a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the wilderness will destroy them. A leopard will lie in ambush outside their cities. All who leave the cities will be torn to pieces, because they rebel so often and they become more and more unfaithful.

Jeremiah 6:17

I posted watchmen over you. Pay attention to the sound of the ram’s horn. But you said that you wouldn’t pay attention.

Jeremiah 6:19

Listen, earth! I’m going to bring disaster on these people. It is the result of their own plots, because they won’t pay attention to my words. They reject my teachings.

Jeremiah 9:6

Oppression follows oppression. Deceit follows deceit. They refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

Daniel 9:11

All Israel has ignored your teachings and refused to listen to you. So you brought on us the curses you swore in an oath, the curses written in the Teachings of your servant Moses. We sinned against you.

Hosea 11:5

“They will not return to Egypt. Instead, Assyria will rule them because they have refused to return to me.

Hosea 11:7

My people are determined to turn away from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will not pardon them.

Hosea 13:2

They keep on sinning more and more. They make idols from silver for themselves. These idols are skillfully made. All of them are the work of craftsmen. People say this about the Israelites: “They offer human sacrifices and kiss calf-shaped idols.”

Hosea 4:16

“The people of Israel are as stubborn as a bull. How can the Lord feed them like lambs in an open pasture?

Zechariah 7:11

“But people refused to pay attention. They shrugged their shoulders at me and shut their ears so that they couldn’t hear.

John 5:40

Yet, you don’t want to come to me to get ⌞eternal⌟ life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good.

Hebrews 12:25

Be careful that you do not refuse to listen when God speaks. Your ancestors didn’t escape when they refused to listen to God, who warned them on earth. We certainly won’t escape if we turn away from God, who warns us from heaven.

Revelation 2:25

Just hold on to what you have until I come.