Jer.2.27

Jeremiah 2:27

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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.

Israel’s Unfaithfulness

Cross References

Judges 10:10

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¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

Oppression by the Philistines and Ammonites

Isaiah 26:16

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Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

A Song of Salvation

Jeremiah 3:9

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And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Judah Follows Israel’s Example

Jeremiah 18:17

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I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

The Potter and the Clay

Jeremiah 30:7

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Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

The Restoration of Israel and Judah

Deliverance from Captivity Promised

Jeremiah 32:33

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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.

The LORD Answers Jeremiah

Jeremiah 37:3

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And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

Ezekiel 8:16

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And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple

Ezekiel 23:35

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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Oholibah to Be Plagued

Daniel 9:7

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O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

Daniel’s Prayer for His People

Hosea 4:12

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¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

God’s Case against His People

Hosea 5:15

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¶ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Judgment on Israel and Judah

Habakkuk 2:18

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¶ What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Woe to the Chaldeans

Habakkuk 2:19

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Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.