Jeremiah 2:31

Modern English Version

O generation, consider the word of the Lord: Have I been a wilderness to Israel? A land of darkness? Why do My people say, “We are free to roam. We will come no more to You”?

Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me that you want to go to your own country?” And he answered, “Nothing, however let me go anyway.”

2 Chronicles 31:10

Azariah the chief priest from the house of Zadok said, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, there has been plenty of food and a large amount left over. For the Lord has blessed His people, and this great abundance is left over.”

Job 21:14

Therefore they say to God, ‘Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek God; God is not in all his thoughts.

Psalm 12:4

those who say, “With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are in our control. Who is our master?”

Proverbs 30:9

lest I be full and deny You, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret in a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, “Seek Me in a waste place”; I, the Lord, speak righteousness; I declare things that are right.

Jeremiah 2:20

For long ago I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; and you said, “I will not serve.” For upon every high hill and under every green tree you wander, playing the harlot.

Jeremiah 2:25

Withhold your foot from being unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, “There is no hope. No! For I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.”

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they have known the way of the Lord and the judgment of their God.” But these have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion out of the forest will slay them, and a wolf from the deserts will destroy them; a leopard will watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings have increased.

Ezekiel 14:5

in order to seize the heart of the house of Israel who are estranged from Me through all their idols.

Hosea 13:6

When they had pasture, they were satisfied. They were satisfied, and their heart was exalted; therefore they forgot Me.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel two years before the earthquake.

Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord calls to the city— and wisdom will fear Your name: Heed the rod and Him who has appointed it.

1 Corinthians 4:8

Now you are full! Now you are rich! You have begun reigning as kings without us! And I would that you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten, and filled themselves, and become fat, then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke Me, and break My covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick; you are covered with fat. Then he forsook God who made him, and devalued the rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18

You have forgotten the rock who birthed you; you are unmindful, and have forgotten the God who gave you birth.