Jeremiah 2:31

New American Bible - revised edition

You people of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: Have I become a wilderness to Israel, a land of gloom? Why then do my people say, “We have moved on, we will not come to you any more”?

Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

Pharaoh said to him, “What do you lack with me, that you are seeking to return to your own land?” He answered, “Nothing, but please let me go!”

2 Chronicles 31:10

and the priest Azariah, head of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the offerings to the house of the Lord, we have eaten, been satisfied, and had much left over, for the Lord has blessed his people. This great supply is what was left over.”

Job 21:14

Yet they say to God, “Depart from us, for we have no desire to know your ways!

Psalm 10:4

In their insolence the wicked boast: “God does not care; there is no God.”

Psalm 12:4

May the Lord cut off all deceiving lips, and every boastful tongue,

Proverbs 30:9

Lest, being full, I deny you, saying, “Who is the Lord?” Or, being in want, I steal, and profane the name of my God.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret from some place in the land of darkness, I have not said to the descendants of Jacob, “Look for me in an empty waste.” I, the Lord, promise justice, I declare what is right.

Jeremiah 2:20

Long ago you broke your yoke, you tore off your bonds. You said, “I will not serve.” On every high hill, under every green tree, you sprawled and served as a prostitute.

Jeremiah 2:25

Stop wearing out your feet and parching your throat! But you say, “No use! No! How I love these strangers, after them I must go.”

Jeremiah 5:5

Let me go to the leaders and speak with them; For they must know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. But, one and all, they have broken the yoke, torn off the harness.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore, lions from the forest slay them, wolves of the desert ravage them, Leopards keep watch round their cities: all who come out are torn to pieces, For their crimes are many, their rebellions numerous.

Ezekiel 14:5

in order to catch the hearts of the house of Israel, estranged from me because of all their idols.

Hosea 13:6

When I fed them, they were satisfied; when satisfied, they became proud, therefore they forgot me.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was one of the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he received in a vision concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Micah 6:9

The Lord cries aloud to the city (It is prudent to fear your name!): Hear, O tribe and city assembly,

1 Corinthians 4:8

You are already satisfied; you have already grown rich; you have become kings without us! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we also might become kings with you.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey which I promised on oath to their ancestors, and they have eaten and are satisfied and have grown fat, if they turn to other gods and serve them, despising me and breaking my covenant,

Deuteronomy 32:15

So Jacob ate and was satisfied, Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you became fat and gross and gorged. They forsook the God who made them and scorned the Rock of their salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18

You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you, you forgot the God who gave you birth.