Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
General references
Bible References
Turned
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!”
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
“Rise up and save us!”
Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention but followed their own advice and according to their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward.
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.
I will show them
on the day of their calamity.
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.
Hosea 11:2 The more they called them,
the more they departed from Me.
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
the more they
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.
General references
Jeremiah 29:19
I will do this because they have not listened to My words”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“that I sent to them with My servants the prophets time and time again. And you too have not listened.” This is the Lord’s declaration.