Jeremiah 44:23

New Century Version

All this happened because you burned incense to other gods. You sinned against the Lord. You did not obey him or follow his teachings or the laws he gave you. You did not keep your part of the agreement with him. So this disaster has happened to you. It is there for you to see.”

Cross References

1 Kings 9:9

People will answer, ‘This happened because they left the Lord their God. This was the God who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, but they decided to follow other gods. They worshiped and served those gods, so the Lord brought all this disaster on them.’ ”

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected the Lord’s laws and the agreement he had made with their ancestors. And they refused to listen to his warnings. They worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves. They did what the nations around them did, which the Lord had warned them not to do.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God’s prophets and hated God’s messages. They refused to listen to the prophets until, finally, the Lord became so angry with his people that he could not be stopped.

Nehemiah 13:18

This is just what your ancestors did. So our God did terrible things to us and this city. Now you are making him even more angry at Israel by ruining the Sabbath day.”

Psalm 119:136

Tears stream from my eyes, because people do not obey your teachings.

Psalm 119:150

Those who love evil are near, but they are far from your teachings.

Psalm 119:155

Wicked people are far from being saved, because they do not want your demands.

Psalm 78:10

They didn’t keep their agreement with God and refused to live by his teachings.

Psalm 78:56

But they tested God and turned against God Most High; they did not keep his rules.

Jeremiah 26:4

Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord says: You must obey me and follow my teachings that I gave you.

Jeremiah 40:3

And now the Lord has done everything he said he would do. This disaster happened because the people of Judah sinned against the Lord and did not obey him.

Jeremiah 44:10

Even to this day the people of Judah are still too proud. They have not learned to respect me or to follow my teachings. They have not obeyed the laws I gave you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 44:18

But since we stopped making sacrifices to the Queen Goddess and stopped pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had great problems. Our people have also been killed in war and by hunger.”

Jeremiah 44:2

“The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: You saw all the terrible things I brought on Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, which are ruins today with no one living in them.

Jeremiah 44:21

He said to them, “The Lord remembered that you and your ancestors, kings and officers, and the people of the land burned incense in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. He remembered and thought about it.

Jeremiah 44:3

It is because the people who lived there did evil. They made me angry by burning incense and worshiping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever knew.

Jeremiah 44:8

Why do you want to make me angry by making idols? Why do you burn incense to the gods of Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves. Other nations will speak evil of you and make fun of you.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem sinned terribly, so she has become unclean. Those who honored her now hate her, because they have seen her nakedness. She groans and turns away.

Daniel 9:13

All this disaster came to us just as it is written in the Teachings of Moses. But we have not pleaded with the Lord our God. We have not stopped sinning. We have not paid attention to your truth.

1 Corinthians 10:20

But I say that what is sacrificed to idols is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to share anything with demons.

2 Corinthians 6:16

The temple of God cannot have any agreement with idols, and we are the temple of the living God. As God said: “I will live with them and walk with them. And I will be their God, and they will be my people.”