Jeremiah 3:13

New Century Version

All you have to do is admit your sin— that you turned against the Lord your God and worshiped gods under every green tree and didn’t obey me,’ ” says the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:2

Those people whose ancestors were from Israel had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood and confessed their sins and their ancestors’ sins.

Proverbs 28:13

If you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.

Isaiah 57:5

You have sexual relations under every green tree to worship your gods. You kill children in the ravines and sacrifice them in the rocky places.

Jeremiah 14:10

This is what the Lord says about the people of Judah: “They really love to wander from me; they don’t stop themselves from leaving me. So now the Lord will not accept them. He will now remember the evil they do and will punish them for their sins.”

Jeremiah 14:20

Lord, we admit that we are wicked and that our ancestors did evil things. We have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 2:20

“Long ago you refused to obey me as an ox breaks its yoke. You broke the ropes I used to hold you and said, ‘I will not serve you!’ In fact, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Jeremiah 2:25

Don’t run until your feet are bare or until your throat is dry. But you say, ‘It’s no use! I love those other gods, and I must chase them!’

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah. Is there any place where you have not been a prostitute? You have sat by the road waiting for lovers, like an Arab in the desert. You made the land unclean, because you did evil and were like a prostitute.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us like a blanket. We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors. From our youth until now, we have not obeyed the Lord our God.”

Jeremiah 3:6

When King Josiah was ruling Judah, the Lord said to me, “Did you see what unfaithful Israel did? She was like a prostitute with her idols on every hill and under every green tree.

Jeremiah 7:24

But your ancestors did not listen or pay attention to me. They were stubborn and did whatever their evil hearts wanted. They went backward, not forward.

Jeremiah 7:26

But your ancestors did not listen or pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did more evil than their ancestors.’

Ezekiel 16:15

“ ‘But you trusted in your beauty. You became a prostitute, because you were so famous. You had sexual relations with anyone who passed by.

Hosea 5:15

Then I will go back to my place until they suffer for their guilt and turn back to me. In their trouble they will look for me.”

Deuteronomy 12:2

When you inherit the lands of these nations, you must completely destroy all the places where they serve their gods, on high mountains and hills and under every green tree.