Jeremiah 16:11
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah is forbidden to marry, have children, enter a house of mourning, or join feasting as signs of the coming catastrophe. Their fathers forsook God and they were worse. But after the judgment, God promises a new Exodus that will …
Other Translations
then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,
Then you will say to them, Because your fathers have given me up, says the Lord, and have gone after other gods and become their servants and their worshippers, and have given me up and have not kept my law;
Cross References
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made …
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not …
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed …
And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land …
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which …
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not …
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.