Jeremiah 12:2

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You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are near to their lips but far from their hearts.

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  • Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their reverence for me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.'
  • Jer 11:17 : 17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has pronounced disaster against you because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done to provoke me by burning incense to Baal.
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
  • Jer 45:4 : 4 The LORD said, 'This is what you are to say to him: Behold, what I have built I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—the entire land.'
  • Ezek 17:5-9 : 5 Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow. 6 The plant sprouted and became a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing the eagle and its roots growing beneath it. So it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out leaves. 7 But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and abundant feathers. And behold, the vine bent its roots toward it and stretched its branches toward the eagle to be watered from the surrounding garden. 8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine. 9 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots. 10 Even if transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes it, drying up in the very garden bed where it grew?’
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.
  • Matt 15:8 : 8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
  • Mark 7:6 : 6 He answered them, "Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.'
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense, declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 19:10-13 : 10 Your mother was like a vine planted by the waters, fruitful and full of branches because of abundant waters. 11 Its branches were strong, fit for rulers' scepters. It towered high; its height was noticeable among the branches, in the lushness of its abundance. 12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast to the ground. The east wind dried out its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and dried up, consumed by fire. 13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

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    3But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.

    4How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'

  • Jer 2:21
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    21I planted you as a choice vine, from the very best seed. How then have you turned into wild, degenerate branches of a foreign vine for me?

  • Jer 12:1
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    1You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease?

  • Ps 80:8-9
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    8God of Hosts, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.

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    15God of Hosts, return! Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine.

    16The root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.

  • Exod 15:17
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    17You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, LORD, You made for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, Your hands established.

  • Ps 92:12-14
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    12My eyes will see the fall of my enemies; my ears will hear the downfall of my wicked foes who rise against me.

    13The righteous will flourish like a palm tree; they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.

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    13But you have planted wickedness, reaped injustice, and eaten the fruit of deception. Because you trusted in your own way and in your many warriors,

  • Jer 17:8
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    8They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.

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    8It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

    9Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots.

    10Even if transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes it, drying up in the very garden bed where it grew?’

  • Isa 17:10-11
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    10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, you will plant pleasant plants and set them with imported vines.

    11Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.

  • Amos 9:15
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    15I will plant them upon their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them, says the Lord your God.

  • Jer 12:13
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    13They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; they have exhausted themselves to no profit. Be ashamed of your harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked desire the plunder of evildoers, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

  • Ps 37:2
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    2For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

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  • Ps 21:10
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    10You will make them like a fiery furnace in the time of Your presence; the LORD will swallow them in His anger, and fire will consume them.

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    5Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow.

    6The plant sprouted and became a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing the eagle and its roots growing beneath it. So it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out leaves.

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    2O God, we have heard with our ears; our ancestors have recounted to us the deeds You performed in their days, in the times of old.

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    17The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has pronounced disaster against you because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done to provoke me by burning incense to Baal.

    18The LORD revealed their plans to me, and I knew what they were plotting, for he showed me their deeds.

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    6Like valleys they stretch out, like gardens along a river, like aloes planted by the LORD, like cedars beside the waters.

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    20But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.

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    12This is what the Lord says: 'Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be destroyed and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, Judah, I will afflict you no more.'

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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

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    10Many shepherds have ruined my vineyard; they have trampled my portion underfoot. They have turned my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

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