Jeremiah 9:2

New Living Translation

Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers’ shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers— a pack of treacherous liars.

Cross References

Isaiah 59:3

Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your lips are full of lies, and your mouth spews corruption.

Jeremiah 12:1

Lord, you always give me justice when I bring a case before you. So let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy?

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your brothers, members of your own family, have turned against you. They plot and raise complaints against you. Do not trust them, no matter how pleasantly they speak.

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 23:10

For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning— its wilderness pastures are dried up. For they all do evil and abuse what power they have.

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

Jeremiah 5:1

“Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the Lord. “Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one just and honest person, I will not destroy the city.

Jeremiah 5:11

The people of Israel and Judah are full of treachery against me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:2

But even when they are under oath, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ they are still telling lies!”

Hosea 4:2

You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere— one murder after another.

Hosea 5:7

They have betrayed the honor of the Lord, bearing children that are not his. Now their false religion will devour them along with their wealth.

Hosea 6:7

But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust.

Hosea 7:4

They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot while the baker is kneading the dough.

Micah 6:12

The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.

Zephaniah 3:4

Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain. Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the Lord’s beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.

Malachi 2:14

You cry out, “Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.

James 4:4

You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

Judges 2:10

After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.