Jeremiah 2:8

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

The priests did not say, Where is Jehovah? And they who handle the Law did not know Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after things not being profitable.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:18

What does an image profit, for its former has carved it; a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood? For does the former trust in his work on it, to make mute idols?

Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds have been stupid, and they have not sought Jehovah. Therefore, they shall not act wisely, and all their flock shall be scattered.

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their hands; and My people love it so, and what will they do at the end of it?

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor corrupting the Word of God, but by the revelation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

John 16:3

And they will do these things to you because they do not know the Father nor Me.

Hosea 4:6

My people are cut off for lack of knowledge; because you rejected the knowledge, I also rejected you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will forget your sons, even I.

John 8:55

And you have not known Him; but I know Him, And if I say that I do not know Him, I shall be like you, a liar. But I know Him, and I keep His Word.

Luke 11:52

Woe to you, lawyers! Because you took the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter in, and you hindered the ones entering in.

Matthew 16:26

For what will a man be benefited if he should gain the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?

Jeremiah 16:19

O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, Our fathers have inherited only lies, vanity, and there is no profit in them.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trodden My portion under foot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, you trust for yourself on words of the lie without being of use.

Jeremiah 4:22

For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but they do not know to do good.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation changed its gods, and they were not gods? But My people have changed their Glory without it being profitable.

Jeremiah 2:6

And they did not say, Where is Jehovah who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a dry land and death shade, in a land that not a man has passed through, and not a man has lived there?

Isaiah 30:5

Every one is ashamed over a people who do not profit them; they are not for a help, and not for profiting, but for a shame; yea, also for a reproach.

Isaiah 29:10

For Jehovah has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. The prophets and your heads, the seers, He has covered

Isaiah 28:7

But also these also have erred by wine, and have strayed through fermented liquor; priest and prophet have erred through fermented liquor; they are swallowed from wine; they stagger from fermented liquor; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment;

1 Kings 18:40

And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let a man of them escape. And they caught them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon and killed them there.

1 Kings 18:29

And it happened as noon passed by, that they prophesied madly until the offering up of the offering; and no sound came, and no one was answering, and no one was paying attention.

1 Kings 18:22

And Elijah said to the people, I, I alone, remain a prophet of Jehovah; but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.

1 Samuel 12:21

And do not turn aside to go after vanities which do not profit and do not deliver, for they are vanities.

1 Samuel 2:12

And the sons of Eli were sons of worthlessness; they did not know Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 33:10

They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, and Your Law to Israel. They shall put incense at Your nostrils, and whole burnt offering on Your altar.

Jeremiah 9:14

but they have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come and let us plot schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, and not counsel from the wise, and not word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not attend to any of his words.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have violated My Law and have profaned My holy things. They have not separated between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and clean they have not taught. And they have hidden their eyes from the sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 34:2

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds Israel. Prophesy and say to them, to the shepherds, So says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to those feeding Israel, who are feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?

Job 35:10

But no one says, Where is God, my Maker, who gives songs in the night,