Jeremiah 13:11

Modern English Version

For as the waistband cleaves to the loins of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cleave to Me, says the Lord, so that they might be to Me a people for renown, and for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not listen.

Cross References

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His own possession.

Psalm 147:20

He has not dealt so with any nation; and as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 81:11

“But My people would not listen to My voice; Israel would not submit to Me.

Isaiah 43:21

This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

Isaiah 62:12

They shall call them The Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called Sought Out, a City Not Forsaken.

Jeremiah 13:1

Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it upon your loins, and do not put it in water.”

Jeremiah 13:10

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the imagination of their hearts, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall be even as this waistband which is good for nothing.

Jeremiah 13:12

Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine. And when they say to you, “Do we not certainly know that every bottle should be filled with wine?”

Jeremiah 19:15

Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks so that they might not heed My words.

Jeremiah 32:20

You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men, and have made Yourself a name, as it is today.

Jeremiah 33:9

It will be to Me a name of joy, praise, and honor before all the nations of the earth which shall hear of all the good that I do to them; and they will fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure for it.

Jeremiah 6:17

Also I set watchmen over you, saying, “Listen to the sound of the trumpet.” But they said, “We will not listen.”

Jeremiah 7:13

And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,

Jeremiah 7:23

But this thing I commanded them, saying, “Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.”

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen, nor incline their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

Jeremiah 7:26

Yet they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear, but hardened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

Amos 3:1

Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O Israelites, against the whole family I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

Luke 10:11

‘Even the dust of your city which clings to us, we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you.’

Deuteronomy 26:18

And the Lord has affirmed today that you are His special people, just as He has promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments.

Deuteronomy 26:19

He will exalt you above all nations which He has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.

Deuteronomy 4:7

For what nation is there so great, who has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is in all things whenever we call on Him?

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.