Jeremiah 2:27
English Standard Version
27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But (A)in the time of their trouble they say,
‘Arise and save us!’
Isaiah 26:16
English Standard Version
16 O Lord, (A)in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16
New International Version
Hosea 7:14
English Standard Version
14 (A)They do not cry to me from the heart,
but (B)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
Hosea 7:14
New International Version
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together
Habakkuk 2:18-19
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18 (A)“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, (B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes (C)speechless idols!
19 (D)Woe to him (E)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and (F)there is no breath at all in it.
Habakkuk 2:18-19
New International Version
18 “Of what value(A) is an idol(B) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image(C) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.(D)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(E)
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;(F)
there is no breath in it.”(G)
Hosea 5:15
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15 (A)I will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and (B)in their distress earnestly seek me.
Ezekiel 23:35
English Standard Version
35 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because (A)you have forgotten me and (B)cast me behind your back, you yourself (C)must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.”
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Ezekiel 23:35
New International Version
35 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten(A) me and turned your back on me,(B) you must bear(C) the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”
Ezekiel 8:16
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16 And he brought me into (A)the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, (B)between the (C)porch and (D)the altar, were about twenty-five men, (E)with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping (F)the sun toward the east.
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Ezekiel 8:16
New International Version
16 He then brought me into the inner court(A) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,(B) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun(C) in the east.(D)
Jeremiah 32:33
English Standard Version
33 (A)They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them (B)persistently, they have not listened (C)to receive instruction.
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Jeremiah 32:33
New International Version
33 They turned their backs(A) to me and not their faces; though I taught(B) them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.(C)
Jeremiah 22:23
English Standard Version
23 O inhabitant of (A)Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
(B)pain as of a woman in labor!”
Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 18:17
English Standard Version
17 (A)Like the east wind (B)I will scatter them
before the enemy.
(C)I will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.”
Jeremiah 18:17
New International Version
Jeremiah 10:8
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Jeremiah 10:8
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Jeremiah 2:24
English Standard Version
24 (A)a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.
Jeremiah 2:24
New International Version
Isaiah 46:6-8
English Standard Version
6 (A)Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
(B)then they fall down and worship!
7 (C)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
(D)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
8 “Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, (E)you transgressors,
Isaiah 46:6-8
New International Version
6 Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(A) to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.(B)
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry(C) it;
they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
From that spot it cannot move.(D)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(E)
it cannot save(F) them from their troubles.
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