Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 8:5 · 18 connections
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O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, …
End of linked passage: 2 Thessalonians 2:12See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. …
End of linked passage: Jeremiah 3:14But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. …
End of linked passage: Jeremiah 7:26Original source and licence · Import and validation record · Five excluded rows