Jeremiah 2:5

New American Standard Bible 2020

This is what the Lord says: “What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me, And walked after emptiness and became empty?

Cross References

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers, and His warnings which He gave them. And they followed idols and became empty, and followed the nations that surrounded them, about which the Lord had commanded them not to do as they did.

Psalm 115:8

Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.

Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said, “Because this people approaches Me with their words And honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of the commandment of men that is taught;

Isaiah 44:9

Those who fashion an idol are all futile, and their treasured things are of no benefit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 46:12

¶“Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are altogether stupid and foolish; The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!

Jeremiah 12:2

You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have also produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their mind.

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, Lord our God? Therefore we wait for You, For You are the one who has done all these things.

Jeremiah 2:31

“You generation, look to the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You’?

Jeremiah 2:4

Hear the word of the Lord, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

Jeremiah 8:19

Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?” “Why have they provoked Me with their carved images, with foreign idols?”

Ezekiel 11:15

“Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Keep far from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

Ezekiel 14:5

in order to take hold of the hearts of the house of Israel who have turned away from Me due to all their idols.” ’

Jonah 2:8

“Those who are followers of worthless idols Abandon their faithfulness,

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.

Acts 14:15

and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men, of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these useless things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them.

Romans 1:21

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Deuteronomy 32:21

‘They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

1 Samuel 12:21

Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.