Jeremiah 34:11 Cross References

Jeremiah 34:11

11: but later they changed their minds. They took back the people they had freed, making them slaves again.

"When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.
Then it says, 'I will return to the person I came from.' So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and clean.
Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation."

And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.
It would be better if they had never known the right way to live than to know it and then reject the holy commandments that were given to them.
They make these proverbs come true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A washed pig returns to the mud."

And I will destroy those who used to worship me but now no longer do. They no longer ask for the LORD's guidance or seek my blessings."

Then Saul confessed, "I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong."

When God killed some of them, the rest finally sought him. They repented and turned to God.
Then they remembered that God was their rock, that their redeemer was the Most High.
But they followed him only with their words; they lied to him with their tongues.

So Saul listened to Jonathan and vowed, "As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be killed."
Afterward Jonathan called David and told him what had happened. Then he took David to see Saul, and everything was as it had been before.
War broke out shortly after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.
But one day as Saul was sitting at home, the tormenting spirit from the LORD suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp for the king,
Saul hurled his spear at David in an attempt to kill him. But David dodged out of the way and escaped into the night, leaving the spear stuck in the wall.

Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do what is good.

They look everywhere except to heaven, to the Most High. They are like a crooked bow that always misses its target. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.

When Pharaoh saw this, he and his officials sinned yet again by stubbornly refusing to do as they had promised.
Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the LORD had predicted.

I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials to the army of the king of Babylon. And though Babylon's king has left this city for a while,

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, "Plead with the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let the people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the LORD."

Who else would let his enemy get away when he had him in his power? May the LORD reward you well for the kindness you have shown me today.

Then Pharaoh will think, `Those Israelites are confused. They are trapped between the wilderness and the sea!'
And once again I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will chase after you. I have planned this so I will receive great glory at the expense of Pharaoh and his armies. After this, the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD!" So the Israelites camped there as they were told.
When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites were not planning to return to Egypt after three days, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. "What have we done, letting all these slaves get away?" they asked.
So Pharaoh called out his troops and led the chase in his chariot.
He took with him six hundred of Egypt's best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with a commander.

At this time the army of Pharaoh Hophra of Egypt appeared at the southern border of Judah. When the Babylonian army heard about it, they withdrew from their siege of Jerusalem.

But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD. Take them away with those who do evil. And let Israel have quietness and peace.

Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?
But no, you won't listen. So you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin. For there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the just judge of all the world,

But when Pharaoh saw that the frogs were gone, he hardened his heart. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had predicted.

"Forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the LORD your God to take away this terrible plague."
So Moses left Pharaoh and pleaded with the LORD.
The LORD responded by sending a strong west wind that blew the locusts out into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained in all the land of Egypt.
But the LORD made Pharaoh stubborn once again, and he did not let the people go.

Please beg the LORD to end this terrifying thunder and hail. I will let you go at once."

"O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?" asks the LORD. "For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

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