Verse 4

Because they have forsaken{H5800} me, and have estranged{H5234} this place,{H4725} and have burned incense{H6999} in it unto other{H312} gods,{H430} that they knew{H3045} not, they and their fathers{H1} and the kings{H4428} of Judah;{H3063} and have filled{H4390} this place{H4725} with the blood{H1818} of innocents,{H5355}

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 2:34 : 34 Also in thy skirts{H3671} is found{H4672} the blood{H1818} of the souls{H5315} of the innocent{H5355} poor:{H34} thou didst not find{H4672} them breaking in;{H4290} but it is because of all these things.
  • Isa 65:11 : 11 But ye that forsake{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} that forget{H7913} my holy{H6944} mountain,{H2022} that prepare{H6186} a table{H7979} for Fortune,{H1409} and that fill{H4390} up mingled wine{H4469} unto Destiny;{H4507}
  • Deut 28:20 : 20 Jehovah{H3068} will send{H7971} upon thee cursing,{H3994} discomfiture,{H4103} and rebuke,{H4045} in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto to do,{H6213} until thou be destroyed,{H8045} and until thou perish{H6} quickly;{H4118} because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of thy doings,{H4611} whereby thou hast forsaken{H5800} me.
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh{H4519} shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} very{H3966} much,{H7235} till he had filled{H4390} Jerusalem{H3389} from one end{H6310} to another;{H6310} besides his sin{H2403} wherewith he made Judah{H3063} to sin,{H2398} in doing{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Jer 7:9 : 9 Will ye steal,{H1589} murder,{H7523} and commit adultery,{H5003} and swear{H7650} falsely,{H8267} and burn incense{H6999} unto Baal,{H1168} and walk{H1980} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} that ye have not known,{H3045}
  • Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number{H4557} of thy cities{H5892} are thy gods,{H430} O Judah;{H3063} and according to the number{H4557} of the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389} have ye set up{H7760} altars{H4196} to the shameful thing,{H1322} even altars{H4196} to burn incense{H6999} unto Baal.{H1168}
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O Jehovah,{H3068} the hope{H4723} of Israel,{H3478} all that forsake{H5800} thee shall be put to shame.{H954} They that depart{H3249} from me{H5493} shall be written{H3789} in the earth,{H776} because they have forsaken{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} the fountain{H4726} of living{H2416} waters.{H4325}
  • Dan 9:5-9 : 5 we have sinned,{H2398} and have dealt perversely,{H5753} and have done wickedly,{H7561} and have rebelled,{H4775} even turning aside{H5493} from thy precepts{H4687} and from thine ordinances;{H4941} 6 neither have we hearkened{H8085} unto thy servants{H5650} the prophets,{H5030} that spake{H1696} in thy name{H8034} to our kings,{H4428} our princes,{H8269} and our fathers,{H1} and to all the people{H5971} of the land.{H776} 7 O Lord,{H136} righteousness{H6666} belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} as at this day;{H3117} to the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and to the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and unto all Israel,{H3478} that are near,{H7138} and that are far off,{H7350} through all the countries{H776} whither thou hast driven{H5080} them, because of their trespass{H4604} that they have trespassed{H4603} against thee. 8 O Lord,{H136} to us belongeth confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} to our kings,{H4428} to our princes,{H8269} and to our fathers,{H1} because we have sinned{H2398} against thee. 9 To the Lord{H136} our God{H430} belong mercies{H7356} and forgiveness;{H5547} for we have rebelled{H4775} against him; 10 neither have we obeyed{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} to walk{H3212} in his laws,{H8451} which he set{H5414} before{H6440} us by{H3027} his servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} 11 Yea, all Israel{H3478} have transgressed{H5674} thy law,{H8451} even turning aside,{H5493} that they should not obey{H8085} thy voice:{H6963} therefore hath the curse{H423} been poured{H5413} out upon us, and the oath{H7621} that is written{H3789} in the law{H8451} of Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of God;{H430} for we have sinned{H2398} against him. 12 And he hath confirmed{H6965} his words,{H1697} which he spake{H1696} against us, and against our judges{H8199} that judged{H8199} us, by bringing{H935} upon us a great{H1419} evil;{H7451} for under the whole heaven{H8064} hath not been done{H6213} as hath been done{H6213} upon Jerusalem.{H3389} 13 As it is written{H3789} in the law{H8451} of Moses,{H4872} all this evil{H7451} is come{H935} upon us: yet have we not entreated{H2470} the favor{H6440} of Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} that we should turn{H7725} from our iniquities,{H5771} and have discernment{H7919} in thy truth.{H571} 14 Therefore hath Jehovah{H3068} watched{H8245} over the evil,{H7451} and brought{H935} it upon us; for Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} is righteous{H6662} in all his works{H4639} which he doeth,{H6213} and we have not obeyed{H8085} his voice.{H6963} 15 And now, O Lord{H136} our God,{H430} that hast brought{H3318} thy people{H5971} forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with a mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and hast gotten{H6213} thee renown,{H8034} as at this day;{H3117} we have sinned,{H2398} we have done wickedly.{H7561}
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet{H7272} run{H7323} to evil,{H7451} and they make haste{H4116} to shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood:{H1818} their thoughts{H4284} are thoughts{H4284} of iniquity;{H205} desolation{H7701} and destruction{H7667} are in their paths.{H4546}
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people{H5971} have committed{H6213} two{H8147} evils:{H7451} they have forsaken{H5800} me, the fountain{H4726} of living{H2416} waters,{H4325} and hewed them out{H2672} cisterns,{H877} broken{H7665} cisterns,{H877} that can hold{H3557} no water.{H4325}
  • Jer 2:17 : 17 Hast thou not procured{H6213} this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken{H5800} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} when{H6256} he led{H3212} thee by the way?{H1870}
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Thine own wickedness{H7451} shall correct{H3256} thee, and thy backslidings{H4878} shall reprove{H3198} thee: know{H3045} therefore and see{H7200} that it is an evil{H7451} thing and a bitter,{H4751} that thou hast forsaken{H5800} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and that my fear{H6345} is not in thee, saith{H5002} the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts.{H6635}
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 and also for the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} that he shed;{H8210} for he filled{H4390} Jerusalem{H3389} with innocent{H5355} blood:{H1818} and Jehovah{H3068} would{H14} not pardon.{H5545}
  • 2 Chr 33:4-7 : 4 And he built{H1129} altars{H4196} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} whereof Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} In Jerusalem{H3389} shall my name{H8034} be for ever.{H5769} 5 And he built{H1129} altars{H4196} for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068} 6 He also made{H5674} his children{H1121} to pass through{H5674} the fire{H784} in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom;{H2011} and he practised augury,{H6049} and used enchantments,{H5172} and practised sorcery,{H3784} and dealt{H6213} with them that had familiar spirits,{H178} and with wizards:{H3049} he wrought{H6213} much{H7235} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707} 7 And he set{H7760} the graven image{H6459} of the idol,{H5566} which he had made,{H6213} in the house{H1004} of God,{H430} of which God{H430} said{H559} to David{H1732} and to Solomon{H8010} his son,{H1121} In this house,{H1004} and in Jerusalem,{H3389} which I have chosen{H977} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} will I put{H7760} my name{H8034} for ever:{H5865}
  • Jer 5:6 : 6 Wherefore a lion{H738} out of the forest{H3293} shall slay{H5221} them, a wolf{H2061} of the evenings{H6160} shall destroy{H7703} them, a leopard{H5246} shall watch{H8245} against their cities;{H5892} every one that goeth out{H3318} thence shall{H2007} be torn in pieces;{H2963} because their transgressions{H6588} are many,{H7231} [and] their backslidings{H4878} are increased.{H6105}
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain{H7723} have I smitten{H5221} your children;{H1121} they received{H3947} no correction:{H4148} your own sword{H2719} hath devoured{H398} your prophets,{H5030} like a destroying{H7843} lion.{H738}
  • 2 Kgs 22:16-17 : 16 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon this place,{H4725} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} thereof, even all the words{H1697} of the book{H5612} which the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} hath read.{H7121} 17 Because they have forsaken{H5800} me, and have burned incense{H6999} unto other{H312} gods,{H430} that they might provoke me to anger{H3707} with all the work{H4639} of their hands,{H3027} therefore my wrath{H2534} shall be kindled{H3341} against this place,{H4725} and it shall not be quenched.{H3518}
  • 2 Kgs 23:11-12 : 11 And he took away{H7673} the horses{H5483} that the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had given{H5414} to the sun,{H8121} at the entrance{H935} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} by the chamber{H3957} of Nathan-melech{H5419} the chamberlain,{H5631} which was in the precincts;{H6503} and he burned{H8313} the chariots{H4818} of the sun{H8121} with fire.{H784} 12 And the altars{H4196} that were on the roof{H1406} of the upper chamber{H5944} of Ahaz,{H271} which the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063} had made,{H6213} and the altars{H4196} which Manasseh{H4519} had made{H6213} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} did the king{H4428} break down,{H5422} and beat [them] down{H7323} from thence, and cast{H7993} the dust{H6083} of them into the brook{H5158} Kidron.{H6939}
  • Deut 13:6 : 6 If your brother,{H251} the son{H1121} of your mother,{H517} or your son,{H1121} or your daughter,{H1323} or the wife{H802} of your bosom,{H2436} or your friend,{H7453} that is as your own soul,{H5315} entice{H5496} you secretly,{H5643} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which you have not known,{H3045} you, nor your fathers;{H1}
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain{H1121} base{H1100} fellows{H582} are gone out{H3318} from the middle{H7130} of you, and have drawn{H5080} away the inhabitants{H3427} of their city,{H5892} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which you have not known;{H3045}
  • Deut 28:36 : 36 Jehovah{H3068} will bring{H3212} thee, and thy king{H4428} whom thou shalt set{H6965} over thee, unto a nation{H1471} that thou hast not known,{H3045} thou nor thy fathers;{H1} and there shalt thou serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} wood{H6086} and stone.{H68}
  • Deut 28:64 : 64 And Jehovah{H3068} will scatter{H6327} thee among all peoples,{H5971} from the one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other{H7097} end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} which thou hast not known,{H3045} thou nor thy fathers,{H1} even wood{H6086} and stone.{H68}
  • Deut 31:16-18 : 16 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Behold, thou shalt sleep{H7901} with thy fathers;{H1} and this people{H5971} will rise up,{H6965} and play the harlot{H2181} after{H310} the strange{H5236} gods{H430} of the land,{H776} whither they go{H935} to be among{H7130} them, and will forsake{H5800} me, and break{H6565} my covenant{H1285} which I have made{H3772} with them. 17 Then my anger{H639} shall be kindled{H2734} against them in that day,{H3117} and I will forsake{H5800} them, and I will hide{H5641} my face{H6440} from them, and they shall be devoured,{H398} and many{H7227} evils{H7451} and troubles{H6869} shall come upon{H4672} them; so that they will say{H559} in that day,{H3117} Are not these evils{H7451} come{H4672} upon us because our God{H430} is not among{H7130} us? 18 And I will surely{H5641} hide{H5641} my face{H6440} in that day{H3117} for all the evil{H7451} which they shall have wrought,{H6213} in that{H3588} they are turned{H6437} unto other{H312} gods.{H430}
  • Deut 32:15-23 : 15 But Jeshurun{H3484} waxed fat,{H8080} and kicked:{H1163} Thou art waxed fat,{H8080} thou art grown thick,{H5666} thou art become sleek;{H3780} Then he forsook{H5203} God{H433} who made{H6213} him, And lightly esteemed{H5034} the Rock{H6697} of his salvation.{H3444} 16 They moved him to jealousy{H7065} with strange{H2114} [gods]; With abominations{H8441} provoked they him to anger.{H3707} 17 They sacrificed{H2076} unto demons,{H7700} [which were] no God,{H433} To gods{H433} that they knew{H3045} not, To new{H2319} [gods] that came{H935} up{H935} of late,{H7138} Which your fathers{H1} dreaded{H8175} not. 18 Of the Rock{H6697} that begat{H3205} thee thou art unmindful,{H7876} And hast forgotten{H7911} God{H410} that gave thee birth.{H2342} 19 And Jehovah{H3068} saw{H7200} [it], and abhorred{H5006} [them], Because of the provocation{H3708} of his sons{H1121} and his daughters.{H1323} 20 And he said,{H559} I will hide{H5641} my face{H6440} from them, I will see{H7200} what their end{H319} shall be: For they are a very perverse{H8419} generation,{H1755} Children{H1121} in whom is no faithfulness.{H529} 21 They have moved me to jealousy{H7065} with that which is not{H3808} God;{H410} They have provoked me to anger{H3707} with their vanities:{H1892} And I will move them to jealousy{H7065} with those that are not a people;{H5971} I will provoke them to anger{H3707} with a foolish{H5036} nation.{H1471} 22 For a fire{H784} is kindled{H6919} in mine anger,{H639} And burneth{H3344} unto the lowest{H8482} Sheol,{H7585} And devoureth{H398} the earth{H776} with its increase,{H2981} And setteth on fire{H3857} the foundations{H4144} of the mountains.{H2022} 23 I will heap{H5595} evils{H7451} upon them; I will spend{H3615} mine arrows{H2671} upon them:
  • 2 Kgs 21:4-7 : 4 And he built{H1129} altars{H4196} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} whereof Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} In Jerusalem{H3389} will I put{H7760} my name.{H8034} 5 And he built{H1129} altars{H4196} for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068} 6 And he made his son{H1121} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} and practised augury,{H6049} and used enchantments,{H5172} and dealt{H6213} with them that had familiar spirits,{H178} and with wizards:{H3049} he wrought{H6213} much{H7235} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707} 7 And he set{H7760} the graven image{H6459} of Asherah,{H842} that he had made,{H6213} in the house{H1004} of which Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} to David{H1732} and to Solomon{H8010} his son,{H1121} In this house,{H1004} and in Jerusalem,{H3389} which I have chosen{H977} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} will I put{H7760} my name{H8034} for ever;{H5769}
  • Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Therefore,{G5124} behold,{G2400} I{G1473} send{G649} unto{G4314} you{G5209} prophets,{G4396} and{G2532} wise men,{G4680} and{G2532} scribes:{G1122} some of{G1537} them{G846} shall ye kill{G615} and{G2532} crucify;{G4717} and{G2532} some of{G1537} them{G846} shall ye scourge{G3146} in{G1722} your{G5216} synagogues,{G4864} and{G2532} persecute{G1377} from{G575} city{G4172} to{G1519} city:{G4172} 35 that{G3704} upon{G1909} you{G5209} may come{G2064} all{G3956} the righteous{G1342} blood{G129} shed{G1632} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} from{G575} the blood{G129} of Abel{G6} the righteous{G1342} unto{G2193} the blood{G129} of Zachariah{G2197} son{G5207} of Barachiah,{G914} whom{G3739} ye slew{G5407} between{G3342} the sanctuary{G3485} and{G2532} the altar.{G2379}
  • Luke 11:50 : 50 that{G2443} the blood{G129} of{G4396} all{G3956} the prophets,{G4396} which was shed{G1632} from{G575} the foundation{G2602} of the world,{G2889} may be required{G1567} of{G575} this{G3778} generation;{G1074}
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 for{G3754} they poured{G1632} out the blood{G129} of the saints{G40} and{G2532} the prophets,{G4396} and{G2532} blood{G129} hast thou given{G1325} them{G846} to drink:{G4095} {G1063} they are{G1526} worthy.{G514}
  • Jer 18:15 : 15 For my people{H5971} have forgotten{H7911} me, they have burned incense{H6999} to false{H7723} [gods]; and they have been made to stumble{H3782} in their ways,{H1870} in the ancient{H5769} paths,{H7635} to walk{H3212} in bypaths,{H5410} in a way{H1870} not cast up;{H5549}
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it.
  • Jer 26:15 : 15 Only know{H3045} ye for certain{H3045} that, if ye put me to death,{H4191} ye will bring{H5414} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} upon yourselves, and upon this city,{H5892} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} thereof; for of a truth{H571} Jehovah{H3068} hath sent{H7971} me unto you to speak{H1696} all these words{H1697} in your ears.{H241}
  • Jer 26:23 : 23 and they fetched forth{H3318} Uriah{H223} out of Egypt,{H4714} and brought{H935} him unto Jehoiakim{H3079} the king,{H4428} who slew{H5221} him with the sword,{H2719} and cast{H7993} his dead body{H5038} into the graves{H6913} of the common{H1121} people.{H5971}
  • Jer 32:29-35 : 29 and the Chaldeans,{H3778} that fight{H3898} against this city,{H5892} shall come{H935} and set{H3341} this city{H5892} on fire,{H784} and burn{H8313} it, with the houses,{H1004} upon whose roofs{H1406} they have offered incense{H6999} unto Baal,{H1168} and poured out{H5258} drink-offerings{H5262} unto other{H312} gods,{H430} to provoke me to anger.{H3707} 30 For the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} have done{H6213} only that which was evil{H7451} in my sight{H5869} from their youth;{H5271} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} have only provoked me to anger{H3707} with the work{H4639} of their hands,{H3027} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 31 For this city{H5892} hath been to me a provocation of mine anger{H639} and of my wrath{H2534} from the day{H3117} that they built{H1129} it even unto this day;{H3117} that I should remove{H5493} it from before my face,{H6440} 32 because of all the evil{H7451} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and of the children{H1121} of Judah,{H3063} which they have done{H6213} to provoke me to anger,{H3707} they, their kings,{H4428} their princes,{H8269} their priests,{H3548} and their prophets,{H5030} and the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem.{H3389} 33 And they have turned{H6437} unto me the back,{H6203} and not the face:{H6440} and though I taught{H3925} them, rising up early{H7925} and teaching{H3925} them, yet they have not hearkened{H8085} to receive{H3947} instruction.{H4148} 34 But they set{H7760} their abominations{H8251} in the house{H1004} which is called{H7121} by my name,{H8034} to defile{H2930} it. 35 And they built{H1129} the high places{H1116} of Baal,{H1168} which are in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom,{H2011} to cause their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674} through [the fire] unto Molech;{H4432} which I commanded{H6680} them not, neither came{H5927} it into my mind,{H3820} that they should do{H6213} this abomination,{H8441} to cause Judah{H3063} to sin.{H2398}
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 [ It is] because of the sins{H2403} of her prophets,{H5030} [and] the iniquities{H5771} of her priests,{H3548} That have shed{H8210} the blood{H1818} of the just{H6662} in the midst{H7130} of her.
  • Jer 15:6 : 6 Thou hast rejected{H5203} me, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} thou art gone{H3212} backward:{H268} therefore have I stretched out{H5186} my hand{H3027} against thee, and destroyed{H7843} thee; I am weary{H3811} with repenting.{H5162}
  • Jer 16:11 : 11 Then shalt thou say{H559} unto them, Because your fathers{H1} have forsaken{H5800} me, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and have walked{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods,{H430} and have served{H5647} them, and have worshipped{H7812} them, and have forsaken{H5800} me, and have not kept{H8104} my law;{H8451}
  • Jer 7:31-32 : 31 And they have built{H1129} the high places{H1116} of Topheth,{H8612} which is in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom,{H2011} to burn{H8313} their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} in the fire;{H784} which I commanded{H6680} not, neither came{H5927} it into my mind.{H3820} 32 Therefore, behold, the days{H3117} come,{H935} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that it shall no more be called{H559} Topheth,{H8612} nor The valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom,{H2011} but The valley{H1516} of Slaughter:{H2028} for they shall bury{H6912} in Topheth,{H8612} till there be no{H369} place{H4725} [to bury].