Jeremiah 2:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

The Lord says: “What accusation did your ancestors bring against me? What made them turn away from me? They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:15

They refused to obey his instructions, they did not keep the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they disregarded his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves, and they followed the customs of the surrounding nations, disobeying the Lord's command not to imitate them.

Romans 1:21

They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.

Jonah 2:8

Those who worship worthless idols have abandoned their loyalty to you.

Psalm 115:8

May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.

Isaiah 44:9

All those who make idols are worthless, and the gods they prize so highly are useless. Those who worship these gods are blind and ignorant—and they will be disgraced.

1 Samuel 12:21

Don't go after false gods; they cannot help you or save you, for they are not real.

Deuteronomy 32:21

With their idols they have made me angry, jealous with their so-called gods, gods that are really not gods. So I will use a so-called nation to make them angry; I will make them jealous with a nation of fools.

Acts 14:15

“Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.

Jeremiah 2:31

People of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Have I been like a desert to you, like a dark and dangerous land? Why, then, do you say that you will do as you please, that you will never come back to me?

Matthew 15:8

‘These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.

Ezekiel 11:15

“Mortal man,” he said, “the people who live in Jerusalem are talking about you and those of your nation who are in exile. They say, ‘The exiles are too far away to worship the Lord. He has given us possession of the land.’

Jeremiah 14:22

None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O Lord our God, because you are the one who does these things.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bear fruit. They always speak well of you, yet they do not really care about you.

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are stupid and foolish. What can they learn from wooden idols?

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said, “These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.

Isaiah 46:12

“Listen to me, you stubborn people who think that victory is far away.

Jeremiah 2:4

Listen to the Lord's message, you descendants of Jacob, you tribes of Israel.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen! Throughout the land I hear my people crying out, “Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is Zion's king no longer there?” The Lord, their king, replies, “Why have you made me angry by worshiping your idols and by bowing down to your useless foreign gods?”

Ezekiel 14:5

All those idols have turned the Israelites away from me, but by my answer I hope to win back their loyalty.