Jeremiah 44:20

New American Bible - revised edition

To all the people, men and women, who gave him this answer, Jeremiah said:

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:23

He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, saying, “Since it was the gods of the kings of Aram who helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me also.” However, they only furthered his downfall and that of all Israel.

Jeremiah 44:19

And the women said, “When we offered sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and poured out libations to her, did we bake cakes in her image and pour out libations to her without our husbands’ consent?”

Jeremiah 44:21

As for the sacrifices you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your ancestors, your kings and princes, and the people of the land—did not the Lord remember them? Did it not enter his mind?

Ezekiel 2:3

say to me: Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.

Ezekiel 2:7

You must speak my words to them, whether they hear or resist, because they are rebellious.

Romans 6:21

But what profit did you get then from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.