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Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

KJV

Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֣ה׀kohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
מָּצְא֨וּma.tze.'Udid they findH4672 →
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֥ם'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1 →
בִּי֙biin <the> me
עָ֔וֶל'A.velinjusticeH5766 →
כִּ֥יkithatH3588 →
רָחֲק֖וּra.cha.Kuthey became distantH7368 →
מֵעָלָ֑יme.'a.Laifrom with <the> meH5921 →
וַיֵּֽלְכ֛וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they walkedH1980 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
הַהֶ֖בֶלha.He.vel<the> vanityH1892 →
וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃vai.yeh.Ba.luand they became vainH1891 →

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Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.2 Kings 17:15They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.Micah 6:3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!Jeremiah 23:16This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Jeremiah 10:14–15Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.Psalms 115:8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.Isaiah 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.Isaiah 44:9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.Jeremiah 51:17–18Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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