Jeremiah 2:17

New Living Translation

And you have brought this upon yourselves by rebelling against the Lord your God, even though he was leading you on the way!

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Job 34:27

For they turned away from following him. They have no respect for any of his ways.

Job 4:8

My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.

Psalm 107:7

He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live.

Psalm 136:16

Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness. His faithful love endures forever.

Psalm 77:20

You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.

Proverbs 15:10

Whoever abandons the right path will be severely disciplined; whoever hates correction will die.

Isaiah 1:4

Oh, what a sinful nation they are— loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the Lord. They have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 59:13

We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord. We have turned our backs on our God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.

Jeremiah 13:22

You may ask yourself, “Why is all this happening to me?” It is because of your many sins! That is why you have been stripped and raped by invading armies.

Jeremiah 19:4

“‘For Israel has forsaken me and turned this valley into a place of wickedness. The people burn incense to foreign gods—idols never before acknowledged by this generation, by their ancestors, or by the kings of Judah. And they have filled this place with the blood of innocent children.

Jeremiah 2:13

“For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!

Jeremiah 2:19

Your wickedness will bring its own punishment. Your turning from me will shame you. You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him. I, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

Jeremiah 4:18

“Your own actions have brought this upon you. This punishment is bitter, piercing you to the heart!”

Jeremiah 44:3

They provoked my anger with all their wickedness. They burned incense and worshiped other gods—gods that neither they nor you nor any of your ancestors had ever even known.

Jeremiah 5:25

Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things.

Ezekiel 39:24

I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins.

Hosea 13:9

“You are about to be destroyed, O Israel— yes, by me, your only helper.

Micah 1:5

And why is this happening? Because of the rebellion of Israel— yes, the sins of the whole nation. Who is to blame for Israel’s rebellion? Samaria, its capital city! Where is the center of idolatry in Judah? In Jerusalem, its capital!

Numbers 32:23

But if you fail to keep your word, then you will have sinned against the Lord, and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

Deuteronomy 32:19

“The Lord saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.