Jeremiah 44:21

New International Reader's Version

“Didn’t the Lord know you were burning incense in the towns of Judah? Didn’t he care that you were also doing it in the streets of Jerusalem? You and your people of long ago were doing it. Your kings and officials were doing it too. So were the rest of the people in the land.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:18

The woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. What do you have against me? Did you come to bring my sin out into the open? Did you come to kill my son?”

Psalm 79:8

Don’t hold against us the sins of our people who lived before us. May you be quick to show us your tender love. We are in great need.

Isaiah 64:9

Don’t be so angry with us, Lord. Don’t remember our sins anymore. Please have mercy on us. All of us belong to you.

Jeremiah 11:13

Judah, you have as many gods as you have towns. And in Jerusalem you have set up as many altars as there are streets. You are burning incense to that shameful god named Baal.’

Jeremiah 14:10

The Lord gave Jeremiah a message about these people. The Lord said, “They really love to wander away from me. Their feet go down the wrong path. I do not accept these people. I will remember the evil things they have done. I will punish them for their sins.”

Jeremiah 32:32

The people of Israel and Judah have made me very angry. They have done many evil things. They, their kings and officials have sinned. So have their priests and prophets. And the people of Judah and Jerusalem have also sinned.

Jeremiah 44:17

We will certainly do everything we said we would. We’ll burn incense to the female god called the Queen of Heaven. We’ll pour out drink offerings to her. We’ll do just as we and our people of long ago have done. Our kings and our officials also did it. All of us did it in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food. We were well off. We didn’t suffer any harm.

Jeremiah 44:20

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people who were answering him. He spoke to men and women alike. He said,

Jeremiah 44:9

Have you forgotten the evil things done by your people of long ago? The kings and queens of Judah did those same things. So did you and your wives. They were done in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 16:24

Your people built up mounds for themselves in every market. They put little places of worship on them.

Hosea 7:2

But they do not realize that I remember all the evil things they do. Their sins pile up and cover them. I am always aware of their sins.

Amos 8:7

People of Jacob, you are proud that the Lord is your God. But he has made a promise in his own name. He says, “I will never forget anything Israel has done.

Deuteronomy 32:19

When the Lord saw this, he turned away from them. His sons and daughters made him angry.

Deuteronomy 32:34

The Lord says, “I have kept all those terrible things stored away. I have kept them sealed up in my strongbox.

Revelation 16:19

The great city split into three parts. The cities of the nations crumbled and fell. God remembered Babylon the Great. He gave Babylon the cup filled with the wine of his terrible anger.

Revelation 18:5

Her sins are piled up to heaven. God has remembered her crimes.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go. Attack the Amalekites. Completely destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare the Amalekites. Put the men and women to death. Put the children and babies to death. Also kill the cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”