Jeremiah 9:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: I will refine them and test them; how else should I deal with the daughter of my people?

Cross References

Proverbs 1:24

‘Because I called and you refused, extended my hand and no one took notice;

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose.

Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy.

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master’s manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.

Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And purges Jerusalem’s blood from her midst with a blast of judgment, a searing blast,

Jeremiah 11:10

They have returned to the crimes of their ancestors who refused to obey my words. They also have followed and served other gods; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.

Jeremiah 11:19

Yet I was like a trusting lamb led to slaughter, not knowing that they were hatching plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

Jeremiah 13:10

This wicked people who refuse to obey my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and follow other gods, serving and worshiping them, will be like this loincloth, good for nothing.

Jeremiah 18:18

“Come,” they said, “let us devise a plot against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priests, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. Come, let us destroy him by his own tongue. Let us pay careful attention to his every word.”

Jeremiah 20:10

Yes, I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he can be tricked; then we will prevail, and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 5:27

Their houses are as full of treachery as a bird-cage is of birds; Therefore they grow powerful and rich,

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then do these people resist with persistent rebellion? Why do they cling to deception, refuse to turn back?

Hosea 11:8

How could I give you up, Ephraim, or deliver you up, Israel? How could I treat you as Admah, or make you like Zeboiim? My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred.

Hosea 4:6

My people are ruined for lack of knowledge! Since you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest; Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the one third through the fire; I will refine them as one refines silver, and I will test them as one tests gold. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them; I will say, “They are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Become sober as you ought and stop sinning. For some have no knowledge of God; I say this to your shame.

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were wicked; they had respect neither for the Lord