Jeremiah 8:19

New Century Version

Listen to the sound of my people. They cry from a faraway land: “Isn’t the Lord still in Jerusalem? Isn’t Jerusalem’s king still there?” But God says, “Why did the people make me angry by worshiping idols, useless foreign idols?”

Cross References

Isaiah 39:3

Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where did they come from?” Hezekiah said, “They came from a faraway country—from Babylon.”

Isaiah 13:5

This army is coming from a faraway land, from the edge of the horizon. In anger the Lord is using this army like a weapon to destroy the whole country.

Revelation 2:1

“Write this to the angel of the church in Ephesus: “The One who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands says this:

Obadiah 1:17

But on Mount Zion some will escape the judgment, and it will be a holy place. The people of Jacob will take back their land from those who took it from them.

Joel 3:21

Egypt and Edom killed my people, so I will definitely punish them.” The Lord lives in Jerusalem!

Joel 2:32

Then anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved, because on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be people who will be saved, just as the Lord has said. Those left alive after the day of punishment are the people whom the Lord called.

Jeremiah 31:6

There will be a time when watchmen in the mountains of Ephraim shout this message: ‘Come, let’s go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord our God!’ ”

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why have you hurt us so badly that we cannot be made well again? We hoped for peace, but nothing good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but only terror came.

Isaiah 52:1

Wake up, wake up, Jerusalem! Become strong! Be beautiful again, holy city of Jerusalem. The people who do not worship God and who are not pure will not enter you again.

Isaiah 33:22

This is because the Lord is our judge. The Lord makes our laws. The Lord is our king. He will save us.

Isaiah 12:6

Shout and sing for joy, you people of Jerusalem, because the Holy One of Israel does great things before your eyes.”

Isaiah 1:4

How terrible! Israel is a nation of sin, a people loaded down with guilt, a group of children doing evil, children who are full of evil. They have left the Lord; they hate God, the Holy One of Israel, and have turned away from him as if he were a stranger.

Psalm 149:2

Let the Israelites be happy because of God, their Maker. Let the people of Jerusalem rejoice because of their King.

Psalm 146:10

The Lord will be King forever. Jerusalem, your God is everlasting. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 135:21

You people of Jerusalem, praise the Lord on Mount Zion. Praise the Lord!

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them through other nations that they and their ancestors never knew about. I will chase the people of Judah with the sword until they are all killed.”

Acts 14:15

“Friends, why are you doing these things? We are only human beings like you. We are bringing you the Good News and are telling you to turn away from these worthless things and turn to the living God. He is the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Psalm 31:6

I hate those who worship false gods. I trust only in the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “I was fair to your ancestors, so why did they turn away from me? Your ancestors worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves.

Jeremiah 7:19

But I am not the one the people of Judah are really hurting, says the Lord. They are only hurting themselves and bringing shame upon themselves.

Jeremiah 8:20

And the people say, “Harvest time is over; summer has ended, and we have not been saved.”

Jeremiah 10:15

They are worth nothing; people make fun of them. When they are judged, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 14:9

Why are you like someone who has been attacked by surprise, like a warrior who is not able to save anyone? But you are among us, Lord, and we are called by your name so don’t leave us without help!

Jeremiah 27:10

They are telling you lies that will cause you to be taken far from your homeland. I will force you to leave your homes, and you will die in another land.

Jeremiah 32:30

From their youth, the people of Israel and Judah have done only the things I said were wrong. They have made me angry by worshiping idols made with their own hands,” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 48:35

“The city will measure about six miles around. From then on the name of the city will be The Lord Is There.”

Micah 4:9

Now, why do you cry so loudly? Is your king gone? Have you lost your helper, so that you are in pain, like a woman trying to give birth?

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then I will become very angry at them, and I will leave them. I will turn away from them, and they will be destroyed. Many terrible things will happen to them. Then they will say, ‘It is because God is not with us that these terrible things are happening.’

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers in Babylon we sat and cried when we remembered Jerusalem.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has stopped punishing you; he has sent your enemies away. The King of Israel, the Lord, is with you; you will never again be afraid of being harmed.

Zechariah 2:9

I will shake my hand against them so that their slaves will rob them.” Then you will know that the Lord All-Powerful sent me.