Jeremiah 11:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The people in the towns of Judah and in the city of Jerusalem will go and pray to their idols for help. They burn incense to those idols. But their idols will not be able to help the people of Judah when that terrible disaster comes.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:28

But where are the idols you made for yourselves? Let’s see if they come and save you when you are in trouble! People of Judah, you have as many idols as you have cities!

Deuteronomy 32:37

Then the Lord will say, ‘Where are the false gods? Where is the “rock” that you ran to for protection?

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who escaped from other nations, gather together before me. (These people carry statues of false gods. They pray to useless gods, but they don’t know what they are doing.

2 Chronicles 28:22

In Ahaz’s troubles, he sinned worse and became more unfaithful to the Lord.

Judges 10:14

You like worshiping those gods, so go call to them for help. Let them save you when you are in trouble.”

Deuteronomy 32:38

Those false gods ate the fat of your sacrifices. And they drank the wine of your offerings. So let them get up and help you! Let them protect you!

Jeremiah 44:8

Why do you people want to make me angry by making idols? Now you are living in Egypt. And now you are making me angry by offering sacrifices to the false gods of Egypt. You will destroy yourselves, and it will be your own fault. The people of all the other nations on the earth will say bad things about you and make fun of you.

Isaiah 46:7

They put their false god on their shoulders and carry it. That false god is useless; people have to carry it! People set the statue on the ground, and it cannot move. That false god never walks away from its place. People can yell at it, but it will not answer. That false god is only a statue; it cannot save people from their troubles.

Jeremiah 18:15

But my people have forgotten me. They burn offerings to worthless idols. They have left the right way that their ancestors followed, and they stumble on the path they have chosen. Instead of staying on the good road I showed them, they prefer to walk on bumpy paths.