Jeremiah 1:16

New American Bible - revised edition

I will pronounce my sentence against them for all their wickedness in forsaking me, In burning incense to other gods, in bowing down to the works of their hands.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:17

Because they have abandoned me and have burned incense to other gods, provoking me by all the works of their hands, my rage is ablaze against this place and it cannot be extinguished.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 28:2

He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made molten idols for the Baals.

2 Chronicles 34:25

Because they have abandoned me and have burned incense to other gods, provoking me by all the works of their hands, my anger burns against this place and it cannot be extinguished.

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if ever you turn away and forsake my commandments and statutes which I set before you, and proceed to serve other gods, and bow down to them,

Isaiah 2:8

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the works of their hands, what their fingers have made.

Isaiah 37:19

They gave their gods to the fire —they were not gods at all, but the work of human hands— Wood and stone, they destroyed them.

Isaiah 44:15

It is used for fuel: with some of the wood he warms himself, makes a fire and bakes bread. Yet he makes a god and worships it, turns it into an idol and adores it!

Isaiah 65:3

A people who provoke me continually to my face, Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks,

Jeremiah 10:15

They are nothing, objects of ridicule; they will perish in their time of punishment.

Jeremiah 10:3

For the carvings of the nations are nonentities, wood cut from the forest, Fashioned by artisans with the adze,

Jeremiah 11:12

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they have been offering incense. But these gods will give them no help whatever in the time of their disaster.

Jeremiah 11:17

The Lord of hosts who planted you has decreed disaster for you because of the evil done by the house of Israel and by the house of Judah, who provoked me by sacrificing to Baal. The Plot Against Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 15:6

It is you who have disowned me—oracle of the Lord— turned your back upon me; I stretched out my hand to destroy you, because I was weary of relenting.

Jeremiah 16:11

you shall answer them: It is because your ancestors have forsaken me—oracle of the Lord—and followed other gods that they served and worshiped; but me they have forsaken, and my law they did not keep.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Hope of Israel, Lord! all who forsake you shall be put to shame; The rebels shall be enrolled in the netherworld; they have forsaken the Lord, source of living waters.

Jeremiah 18:15

Yet my people have forgotten me: they offer incense in vain. They stumble off their paths, the ways of old, Traveling on bypaths, not the beaten track.

Jeremiah 19:4

All because they have forsaken me and profaned this place by burning incense to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors knew; and because the kings of Judah have filled this place with innocent blood,

Jeremiah 2:13

Two evils my people have done: they have forsaken me, the source of living waters; They have dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:17

Has not forsaking the Lord, your God, done this to you?

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness chastises you, your own infidelities punish you. Know then, and see, how evil and bitter is your forsaking the Lord, your God, And your showing no fear of me, oracle of the Lord, the God of hosts.

Jeremiah 2:28

Where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up! Will they save you in your time of trouble? For as numerous as your cities are your gods, O Judah! And as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up for Baal.

Jeremiah 4:12

a strong wind from there comes at my bidding. Now I too pronounce sentence upon them.

Jeremiah 4:28

Because of this the earth shall mourn, the heavens above shall darken; I have spoken, I will not change my mind, I have decided, I will not turn back.

Jeremiah 44:17

Rather we will go on doing what we proposed; we will offer incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we have done, along with our ancestors, our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty to eat, we prospered, and we suffered no misfortune.

Jeremiah 5:29

Shall I not punish these things?—oracle of the Lord; on a nation such as this shall I not take vengeance?

Jeremiah 5:9

Should I not punish them for this?—oracle of the Lord; on a nation like this should I not take vengeance?

Jeremiah 51:17

Every man is stupid, ignorant; every artisan is put to shame by his idol: He molds a fraud, without life-breath.

Jeremiah 7:17

Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem?

Jeremiah 7:18

The children gather wood, their fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, while libations are poured out to other gods—all to offend me!

Jeremiah 7:9

Do you think you can steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, sacrifice to Baal, follow other gods that you do not know,

Ezekiel 16:18

You took your embroidered garments to cover them; my oil and my incense you set before them;

Ezekiel 24:14

I, the Lord, have spoken; it will happen! I will do it and not hold back! I will not have pity or relent. By your conduct and deeds you shall be judged— oracle of the Lord God. Ezekiel as a Sign for the Exiles.

Hosea 11:2

The more I called them, the farther they went from me, Sacrificing to the Baals and burning incense to idols.

Hosea 8:6

An artisan made it, it is no god at all. The calf of Samaria will be dashed to pieces.

Joel 2:11

The Lord raises his voice at the head of his army; How immense is his host! How numerous those who carry out his command! How great is the day of the Lord! Utterly terrifying! Who can survive it?

Acts 7:41

So they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and reveled in the works of their hands.

Deuteronomy 28:20

The Lord will send on you a curse, panic, and frustration in everything you set your hand to, until you are speedily destroyed and perish for the evil you have done in forsaking me.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, Soon you will be at rest with your ancestors, and then this people will prostitute themselves by following the foreign gods among whom they will live in the land they are about to enter. They will forsake me and break the covenant which I have made with them.

Joshua 24:20

If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, he will then do evil to you and destroy you, after having done you good.”

Revelation 9:20

The rest of the human race, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, to give up the worship of demons and idols made from gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.