Jeremiah 2:23

New Living Translation

“You say, ‘That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.

Cross References

Esther 8:16

The Jews were filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere.

Psalm 36:2

In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.

Psalm 50:21

While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.

Proverbs 28:13

People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

Proverbs 30:12

They are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed.

Proverbs 30:20

An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”

Jeremiah 14:10

So this is what the Lord says to his people: “You love to wander far from me and do not restrain yourselves. Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people. Now I will remember all your wickedness and will punish you for your sins.”

Jeremiah 16:10

“When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the Lord decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the Lord our God?’

Jeremiah 2:36

First here, then there— you flit from one ally to another asking for help. But your new friends in Egypt will let you down, just as Assyria did before.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look at the shrines on every hilltop. Is there any place you have not been defiled by your adultery with other gods? You sit like a prostitute beside the road waiting for a customer. You sit alone like a nomad in the desert. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and your wickedness.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God.”

Jeremiah 7:31

They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!

Jeremiah 9:14

Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods.”

Luke 10:29

The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Romans 3:19

Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.