Jeremiah 2:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Judah, how can you say to me, ‘I am not guilty because I have not worshiped the Baal idols’? Think about what you did in the valley. Think about what you have done. You are like a fast she-camel that runs from place to place.

Cross References

Jeremiah 7:31

The people of Judah built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom where they killed their own sons and daughters and burned them as sacrifices. This is something I never commanded. Something like this never even entered my mind!

Proverbs 30:12

Some people think they are pure, but they have done nothing to remove the filth of their sin.

Romans 3:19

What the law says is for those who are under the law. It stops anyone from making excuses. And it brings the whole world under God’s judgment,

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who is my neighbor?”

Jeremiah 31:22

Unfaithful daughter, how long will you wander around? “The Lord has created something new in the land: A woman surrounding a man.”

Jeremiah 9:14

The people of Judah lived their own way. They were stubborn. They followed the false god Baal. Their fathers taught them to follow those false gods.”

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah. Is there any place where you have not had sex with your lovers? You sat by the road waiting for lovers, like an Arab in the desert. You made the land ‘dirty’ with all the evil sins you did when you were unfaithful to me.

Proverbs 30:20

A woman who is not faithful to her husband acts innocent. She eats, wipes her mouth, and says she has done nothing wrong.

Proverbs 28:13

Whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Psalm 50:21

When you did these things, I said nothing. So you thought that I was just like you. But I will not be quiet any longer. I will correct you and make clear what I have against you.

Psalm 36:2

They lie to themselves. They don’t see their own faults, so they are not sorry for what they do.

Esther 8:16

It was an especially happy day for the Jews, a day of great joy and happiness.

Jeremiah 2:36

You go from one place to another looking for help, always changing your mind. But Egypt will also disappoint you, just as Assyria did.

Jeremiah 14:10

This is what the Lord says about the people of Judah: “The people of Judah really love to leave me. They don’t stop themselves from leaving me. So now the Lord will not accept them. Now he will remember the evil they do. He will punish them for their sins.”

Jeremiah 16:10

“Jeremiah, you will tell the people of Judah these things, and the people will ask you, ‘Why has the Lord said these terrible things to us? What have we done wrong? What sin have we done against the Lord our God?’

Hosea 1:2

This was the Lord’s first message to Hosea. The Lord said, “Go, marry a prostitute who has had children as a result of her prostitution. Do this because the people in this country have acted like prostitutes—they have been unfaithful to the Lord.”