Jeremiah 12:2

New English Translation

You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.

Cross References

Job 24:12

From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Job 5:3

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Isaiah 29:13

The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

Jeremiah 11:17

For though I, the Lord who rules over all, planted you in the land, I now decree that disaster will come on you because the nations of Israel and Judah have done evil and have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal.”

Jeremiah 3:10

In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 45:4

The Lord told Jeremiah, “Tell Baruch, ‘The Lord says, “I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth.

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

Hosea 7:14

They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

Habakkuk 1:13

You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

Mark 7:6

He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.