Jeremiah 3:16-17
3:16 In those days, your population will greatly increase
in the land. At that time,” says the
Lord, “people will no longer talk about having the ark
that contains the
Lord’s covenant with us.
They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more!
3:17 At that time the city of Jerusalem
will be called the
Lord’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the
Lord’s name.
They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.
Jeremiah 7:31
7:31 They have also built places of worship
in a place called Topheth
in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!
Jeremiah 9:26
9:26 That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples.
I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the
Lord’s sight.
Moreover, none of the people of Israel
are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.”
Jeremiah 11:8
11:8 But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.’”
Jeremiah 13:10
13:10 These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said.
They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance
to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So
they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.
Jeremiah 14:14
14:14 Then the Lord said to me, “Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own mind.
Jeremiah 19:5
19:5 They have built places here
for worship of the god Baal so that they could sacrifice their children as burnt offerings to him in the fire. Such sacrifices
are something I never commanded them to make! They are something I never told them to do! Indeed, such a thing never even entered my mind!
Jeremiah 23:16
23:16 The Lord who rules over all says to the people of Jerusalem:
“Do not listen to what
those prophets are saying to you.
They are filling you with false hopes.
They are reporting visions of their own imaginations,
not something the Lord has given them to say.
Jeremiah 30:21
30:21 One of their own people will be their leader.
Their ruler will come from their own number.
I will invite him to approach me, and he will do so.
For no one would dare approach me on his own.
I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 31:33
31:33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel
after I plant them back in the land,”
says the
Lord.
“I will
put my law within them
and write it on their hearts and minds.
I will be their God and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 32:35
32:35 They built places of worship for the god Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they could sacrifice their sons and daughters to the god Molech.
Such a disgusting practice was not something I commanded them to do! It never even entered my mind to command them to do such a thing! So Judah is certainly liable for punishment.’
Jeremiah 44:21
44:21 “The
Lord did indeed remember and call to mind what you did! He remembered the sacrifices you and your ancestors, your kings, your leaders, and all the rest of the people of the land offered to other gods
in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 49:16
49:16 The terror you inspire in others
and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you.
You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks;
you may occupy the highest places in the hills.
But even if you made your home where the eagles nest,
I would bring you down from there,”
says the Lord.