Jeremiah 2:27

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Jeremiah 2:27

say to a tree, “You are my father,”
and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
For they have turned their back to Me
and not their face,
yet in their time of disaster they beg,
“Rise up and save us!”

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, they went to You in their distress;
they poured out whispered prayers
because Your discipline fell on them.

Judges 10:8-16

They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for 18 years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead.

Psalm 78:34-37

When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

Isaiah 44:9-20

All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 46:6-8

Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness.
She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.
Who can control her passion?
All who look for her will not become tired;
they will find her in her mating season.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!

Jeremiah 18:17

I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind.
I will show them My back and not My face
on the day of their calamity.

Jeremiah 22:23

You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 32:33

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.

Ezekiel 8:16

So He brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house, and there were about 25 men at the entrance of the Lord’s temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

Ezekiel 23:35

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.”

Hosea 5:15

I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves for grain and new wine;
they turn away from Me.

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.

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Summary

Jeremiah 2:27

Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

To a stock

Habakkuk 2:18

For they

Ezekiel 8:16

Ezekiel 23:35

But in the time

Hosea 7:14

General references

Isaiah 45:16

Bible References

To a stock

They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.

Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.

For they

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.”

But in the time

You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.

They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for 18 years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead.

When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.

Lord, they went to You in their distress;
they poured out whispered prayers
because Your discipline fell on them.

I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.

They do not cry to Me from their hearts;
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves

for grain and new wine;

they turn away from Me.

General references

All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.