1Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,stylusJeremiah 23:28, Jeremiah 23:28, Ezekiel 7:1, 2 Peter 1:21, Hebrews 1:12“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.stylusEzekiel 16:60, Ezekiel 16:60, Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:8, Jeremiah 11:63Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.stylusRevelation 14:4, James 1:18, Revelation 14:4, James 1:18, Isaiah 41:114Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.stylusJeremiah 33:24, Isaiah 51:1, Isaiah 51:4, Jeremiah 5:21, Jeremiah 34:45This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?stylus2 Kings 17:15, 2 Kings 17:15, Romans 1:21, Romans 1:21, Jonah 2:86They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’stylusDeuteronomy 32:10, Deuteronomy 32:10, Hosea 13:4, Hosea 13:4, Isaiah 63:117I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.stylusDeuteronomy 8:7, Deuteronomy 8:9, Deuteronomy 8:7, Deuteronomy 8:9, Jeremiah 16:188The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.stylusHabakkuk 2:18, Habakkuk 2:18, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 5:319Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.stylusEzekiel 20:35, Ezekiel 20:36, Ezekiel 20:35, Ezekiel 20:36, Jeremiah 2:3510Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:stylusPsalms 120:5, Psalms 120:5, 1 Corinthians 5:1, Ezekiel 27:6, 1 Chronicles 1:711Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.stylusRomans 1:23, Romans 1:23, Isaiah 37:19, Isaiah 37:19, Jeremiah 16:2012Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.stylusIsaiah 1:2, Isaiah 1:2, Jeremiah 22:29, Jeremiah 6:19, Micah 6:213“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.stylusJohn 4:14, John 4:14, John 7:37, John 7:37, Revelation 21:614Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?stylusExodus 4:22, Exodus 4:22, Genesis 15:3, Isaiah 50:1, Ecclesiastes 2:715The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.stylusJeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 50:17, Jeremiah 50:17, Isaiah 1:716The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.stylusJeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 43:7, Jeremiah 43:9, Jeremiah 43:717Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?stylusJeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 2:1318Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?stylusJoshua 13:3, Joshua 13:3, Hosea 7:11, Isaiah 31:1, Jeremiah 2:3619Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.stylusIsaiah 3:9, Isaiah 3:9, Psalms 36:1, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 2:1720“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.stylusDeuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 12:2, Leviticus 26:13, Leviticus 26:13, Jeremiah 17:221I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?stylusIsaiah 5:4, Isaiah 5:4, Exodus 15:17, Exodus 15:17, Psalms 44:222Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.stylusJeremiah 17:1, Jeremiah 17:1, Job 14:17, Job 14:17, Hosea 13:1223“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,stylusJeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 7:31, Proverbs 30:12, Proverbs 30:12, Isaiah 57:524a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.stylusJeremiah 14:6, Jeremiah 14:6, Hosea 5:15, Job 39:5, Job 39:825You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’stylusDeuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:16, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 18:12, Jeremiah 3:1326As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophetsstylusNehemiah 9:32, Nehemiah 9:34, Ezra 9:7, Jeremiah 32:32, Nehemiah 9:3227say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’stylusIsaiah 26:16, Isaiah 26:16, Hosea 7:14, Hosea 7:14, Judges 10:828But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.stylusJeremiah 11:13, Jeremiah 11:13, Isaiah 45:20, Deuteronomy 32:37, Isaiah 45:2029Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.stylusJeremiah 6:13, Daniel 9:11, Jeremiah 5:1, Jeremiah 6:13, Daniel 9:1130“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”stylusNehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:26, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:1531You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?stylusDeuteronomy 32:15, 2 Samuel 12:7, 2 Samuel 12:9, Deuteronomy 32:15, 2 Samuel 12:732Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.stylusPsalms 106:21, Psalms 106:21, Jeremiah 13:25, Jeremiah 3:21, Jeremiah 2:1133How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.stylusIsaiah 57:7, Isaiah 57:10, Isaiah 57:7, Isaiah 57:10, 2 Chronicles 33:934Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these thingsstylus2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 24:4, Jeremiah 19:4, 2 Kings 24:435you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’stylusProverbs 28:13, Proverbs 28:13, 1 John 1:8, 1 John 1:10, 1 John 1:836How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.stylusJeremiah 31:22, Jeremiah 31:22, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 12:137Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”stylus2 Samuel 13:19, 2 Samuel 13:19, Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 17:20, Jeremiah 17:5
