Micah 1:5 Cross References

Micah 1:5

5: And why is this happening? Because of the sins and rebellion of Israel and Judah. Who is to blame for Israel's rebellion? Samaria, its capital city! Where is the center of idolatry in Judah? In Jerusalem, its capital!

Jeremiah 2:19

  1. Your own wickedness will punish you. You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to forsake the LORD your God, having no fear of him. I, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, have spoken!

Amos 8:14

  1. And those who worship and swear by the idols of Samaria, Dan, and Beersheba will fall down, never to rise again."

1 Thessalonians 2:15

  1. For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone
  2. by trying to keep us from preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, for fear some might be saved. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.

Isaiah 50:1

  1. The LORD asks, "Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? Is that why you are not here? Is your mother gone because I divorced her and sent her away? No, you went away as captives because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
  2. Was I too weak to save you? Is that why the house is silent and empty when I come home? Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason! For I can speak to the sea and make it dry! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

Lamentations 5:16

  1. The garlands have fallen from our heads. Disaster has fallen upon us because we have sinned.

Jeremiah 6:19

  1. Listen, all the earth! I will bring disaster upon my people. It is the fruit of their own sin because they refuse to listen to me. They have rejected all my instructions.

Isaiah 59:1

  1. Listen! The LORD is not too weak to save you, and he is not becoming deaf. He can hear you when you call.
  2. But there is a problem--your sins have cut you off from God. Because of your sin, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.
  3. Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your mouth is full of lies, and your lips are tainted with corruption.
  4. No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.
  5. They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions.

Jeremiah 4:18

  1. "Your own actions have brought this upon you. This punishment is a bitter dose of your own medicine. It has pierced you to the heart!"

Jeremiah 2:17

  1. And you have brought this on yourselves by rebelling against the LORD your God when he wanted to lead you and show you the way!

Jeremiah 5:25

  1. Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things.

Amos 6:1

  1. How terrible it will be for you who lounge in luxury and think you are secure in Jerusalem and Samaria! You are famous and popular in Israel, you to whom the people go for help.

2 Chronicles 28:2

  1. Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel and cast images for the worship of Baal.
  2. He offered sacrifices in the valley of the son of Hinnom, even sacrificing his own sons in the fire. He imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations whom the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
  3. He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.

2 Kings 16:10

  1. King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he noticed an unusual altar. So he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.
  2. Uriah built an altar just like it by following the king's instructions, and it was ready for the king when he returned from Damascus.
  3. When the king returned, he inspected the altar and made offerings on it.

2 Kings 17:7

  1. This disaster came upon the nation of Israel because the people worshiped other gods, sinning against the LORD their God, who had brought them safely out of their slavery in Egypt.
  2. They had imitated the practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land before them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced.
  3. The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the LORD their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city.
  4. They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.
  5. They burned incense at the shrines, just like the nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the LORD's anger.

Hosea 7:1

  1. "I wanted to heal Israel, but its sins were far too great. Samaria is filled with liars, thieves, and bandits!

2 Kings 16:3

  1. Instead, he followed the example of the kings of Israel, even sacrificing his own son in the fire. He imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
  2. He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 36:14

  1. All the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  2. The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
  3. But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and there was no remedy.

Hosea 8:5

  1. "O Samaria, I reject this calf--this idol you have made. My fury burns against you. How long will you be incapable of innocence?
  2. This calf you worship was crafted by your own hands! It is not God! Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.

2 Chronicles 28:23

  1. He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, for he said, "These gods helped the kings of Aram, so they will help me, too, if I sacrifice to them." But instead, they led to his ruin and the ruin of all Israel.
  2. The king took the utensils from the Temple of God and broke them into pieces. He shut the doors of the LORD's Temple so that no one could worship there and then set up altars to pagan gods in every corner of Jerusalem.
  3. He made pagan shrines in all the towns of Judah for offering sacrifices to other gods. In this way, he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of his ancestors.

1 Kings 13:32

  1. For the message the LORD told him to proclaim against the altar in Bethel and against the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria will surely come true."
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