Jeremiah 44:23
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 44 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah addresses Judahites in Egypt who are burning incense to the Queen of Heaven. He warns that those who practice idolatry in Egypt will be consumed. The women's response is striking: they will continue the practices their mothers kept because …
Other Translations
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.
`Because that ye have made perfume, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and in His law, and in His statutes, and in His testimonies ye have not walked, therefore hath this evil met you as <FI>at<Fi> this day.'
Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.
Cross References
And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land …
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the …
Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? …
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early …
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole …
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day …
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and …