Jeremiah 2:27

New American Bible - revised edition

They say to a piece of wood, “You are my father,” and to a stone, “You gave me birth.” They turn their backs to me, not their faces; yet in their time of trouble they cry out, “Rise up and save us!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:6

Our ancestors acted treacherously and did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, our God. They abandoned him, turned away their faces from the Lord’s dwelling, and turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, oppressed by your punishment, we cried out in anguish under your discipline.

Jeremiah 10:8

One and all they are stupid and senseless, the instruction from nonentities—only wood!

Jeremiah 18:17

Like the east wind, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back, not my face, in their day of disaster. Another Prayer for Vengeance.

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey bred in the wilderness, Sniffing the wind in her desire— who can restrain her lust? None seeking her need tire themselves; in her time they will find her.

Jeremiah 22:23

You who dwell on Lebanon, who nest in the cedars, How you shall groan when pains come upon you, like the pangs of a woman in childbirth!

Jeremiah 3:9

With her casual prostitution, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and wood.

Jeremiah 30:7

Ah! How mighty is that day— there is none like it! A time of distress for Jacob, though he shall be saved from it.

Jeremiah 32:33

They turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I taught them persistently, they would not listen or accept correction.

Jeremiah 37:3

Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet with this request: “Please appeal to the Lord, our God, for us.”

Jeremiah 42:2

approached Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please grant our petition; pray for us to the Lord, your God, for all this remnant. As you see, only a few of us remain, but once we were many.

Ezekiel 23:35

Therefore thus says the Lord God: You have forgotten me and cast me behind your back; now suffer for your depravity and prostitution.

Ezekiel 8:16

Then he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. There at the door of the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces toward the east; they were bowing eastward to the sun.

Daniel 9:7

Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to this day: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the lands to which you have scattered them because of their treachery toward you.

Hosea 4:12

My people consult their piece of wood, and their wand makes pronouncements for them, For the spirit of prostitution has led them astray; they prostitute themselves, forsaking their God.

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my place until they make reparation and seek my presence. In their affliction, they shall look for me.

Hosea 7:14

They have not cried to me from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves; they rebelled against me.