Amos 2:4 Cross References

Amos 2:4

4: This is what the LORD says: "The people of Judah have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not let them go unpunished any longer! They have rejected the laws of the LORD, refusing to obey him. They have been led astray by the same lies that deceived their ancestors.

Ezekiel 20:24

  1. because they did not obey my laws. They scorned my instructions by violating my Sabbath days and longing for the idols of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 20:13

  1. "But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my laws there in the wilderness. They wouldn't obey my instructions even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the desert.

Ezekiel 20:16

  1. I told them this because they had rejected my laws, ignored my will for them, and violated my Sabbath days. Their hearts were given to their idols.

Isaiah 28:15

  1. You boast that you have struck a bargain to avoid death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. You say, "The Assyrians can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception."

Hosea 12:2

  1. Now the LORD is bringing a lawsuit against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob for all his deceitful ways.

Amos 3:2

  1. "From among all the families on the earth, I chose you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins."

Romans 1:25

  1. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.

Ezekiel 20:18

  1. "Then I warned their children and told them not to follow in their parents' footsteps, defiling themselves with their idols.

Isaiah 9:15

  1. The leaders of Israel are the head, and the lying prophets are the tail.
  2. For the leaders of the people have led them down the path of destruction.

Habakkuk 2:18

  1. "What have you gained by worshiping all your man-made idols? How foolish to trust in something made by your own hands! What fools you are to believe such lies!

Leviticus 26:14

  1. "However, if you do not listen to me or obey my commands,
  2. and if you break my covenant by rejecting my laws and treating my regulations with contempt,

Jeremiah 9:14

  1. Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.

Jeremiah 16:19

  1. LORD, you are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations from around the world will come to you and say, "Our ancestors were foolish, for they worshiped worthless idols.
  2. Can people make their own god? The gods they make are not real gods at all!"

2 Kings 22:11

  1. When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.
  2. Then he gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and Asaiah the king's personal adviser:
  3. "Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah. Ask him about the words written in this scroll that has been found. The LORD's anger is burning against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words in this scroll. We have not been doing what this scroll says we must do."
  4. So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the newer Mishneh section of Jerusalem to consult with the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, the keeper of the Temple wardrobe.
  5. She said to them, "The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go and tell the man who sent you,

Isaiah 5:24

  1. Therefore, they will all disappear like burning straw. Their roots will rot and their flowers wither, for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty. They have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
  2. That is why the anger of the LORD burns against his people. That is why he has raised his fist to crush them. The hills tremble, and the rotting bodies of his people are thrown as garbage into the streets. But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!

2 Kings 17:19

  1. But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the LORD their God. They walked down the same evil paths that Israel had established.

Jeremiah 8:9

  1. These wise teachers will be shamed by exile for their sin, for they have rejected the word of the LORD. Are they so wise after all?

Nehemiah 1:7

  1. We have sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, laws, and regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses.

2 Chronicles 30:7

  1. Do not be like your ancestors and relatives who abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and became an object of derision, as you yourselves can see.

Ezekiel 13:6

  1. Instead, they have lied and said, `My message is from the LORD,' even though the LORD never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies!
  2. Can your visions be anything but false if you claim, `This message is from the LORD,' when I have not even spoken to you?
  3. "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because what you say is false and your visions are a lie, I will stand against you, says the Sovereign LORD.
  4. I will raise my fist against all the lying prophets, and they will be banished from the community of Israel. I will blot their names from Israel's record books, and they will never again see their own land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD!
  5. "These evil prophets deceive my people by saying, `All is peaceful!' when there is no peace at all! It's as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to hold it together by covering it with whitewash!

Jeremiah 8:2

  1. They will dig out their bones and spread them out on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars--the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like dung.

Ezekiel 22:28

  1. And your prophets announce false visions and speak false messages. They say, `My message is from the Sovereign LORD,' when the LORD hasn't spoken a single word to them. They repair cracked walls with whitewash!

Judges 2:11

  1. Then the Israelites did what was evil in the LORD's sight and worshiped the images of Baal.
  2. They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They chased after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them. And they angered the LORD.
  3. They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.
  4. This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to marauders who stole their possessions. He sold them to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.
  5. Every time Israel went out to battle, the LORD fought against them, bringing them defeat, just as he promised. And the people were very distressed.

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.
  4. So the LORD brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians killed Judah's young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young and old, men and women, healthy and sick. God handed them all over to Nebuchadnezzar.

Hosea 5:12

  1. I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool. I will sap Judah's strength as dry rot weakens wood.
  2. "When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were, Israel turned to Assyria, to the great king there, but he could neither help nor cure them.

Judges 10:6

  1. Again the Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight. They worshiped images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. Not only this, but they abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all.

Deuteronomy 32:15

  1. But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
  2. They stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable acts.
  3. They offered sacrifices to demons, non-gods, to gods they had not known before, to gods only recently arrived, to gods their ancestors had never feared.
  4. You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth.
  5. "The LORD saw this and was filled with loathing. He was provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.

Jeremiah 9:25

  1. "A time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit--
  2. the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in distant places, and yes, even the people of Judah. Like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts."

Jeremiah 23:13

  1. "I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil, for they prophesied by Baal and led my people of Israel into sin.
  2. But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery, and they love dishonesty. They encourage those who are doing evil instead of turning them away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were."
  3. Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets: "I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalem's prophets that wickedness fills this land.

1 Peter 1:18

  1. For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver.

Ezekiel 13:22

  1. You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, when I didn't want them to suffer grief. And you have encouraged the wicked by promising them life, even though they continue in their sins.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

  1. Anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human rules but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

2 Samuel 12:9

  1. Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah and stolen his wife.
  2. From this time on, the sword will be a constant threat to your family, because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.

Nehemiah 9:26

  1. "But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They threw away your law, they killed the prophets who encouraged them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.

Deuteronomy 31:16

  1. The LORD said to Moses, "You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin worshiping foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break the covenant I have made with them.
  2. Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Terrible trouble will come down on them, so that they will say, `These disasters have come because God is no longer among us!'
  3. At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the sins they have committed by worshiping other gods.

Jeremiah 28:15

  1. Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.
  2. Therefore, the LORD says you must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD."

Daniel 9:5

  1. But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
  2. We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke your messages to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land.
  3. "Lord, you are in the right; but our faces are covered with shame, just as you see us now. This is true of us all, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.
  4. O LORD, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
  5. But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

Jeremiah 16:12

  1. And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.

Ezekiel 23:11

  1. "Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.
  2. She fawned over her Assyrian neighbors, those handsome young men on fine horses, those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms--all of them desirable.
  3. I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
  4. "Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall--pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.
  5. Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia.

Jeremiah 23:25

  1. "I have heard these prophets say, `Listen to the dream I had from God last night.' And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.
  2. How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say.
  3. By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
  4. Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word. There is a difference between chaff and wheat!
  5. Does not my word burn like fire?" asks the LORD. "Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes rock to pieces?

Ezekiel 20:30

  1. "Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Do you plan to pollute yourselves just as your ancestors did? Do you intend to keep prostituting yourselves by worshiping detestable idols?

Isaiah 44:20

  1. The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He is trusting something that can give him no help at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this thing, this idol that I'm holding in my hand, a lie?"

Hosea 6:11

  1. "O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted so much to restore the fortunes of my people!

Nehemiah 9:29

  1. You warned them to return to your law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.
  2. In your love, you were patient with them for many years. You sent your Spirit, who, through the prophets, warned them about their sins. But still they wouldn't listen! So once again you allowed the pagan inhabitants of the land to conquer them.

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.

Ezekiel 22:8

  1. Inside your walls you despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath days of rest.

Ezekiel 16:1

  1. Then another message came to me from the LORD:
  2. "Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her loathsome sins.
  3. Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite!
  4. When you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was left uncut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and dressed in warm clothing.
  5. No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were dumped in a field and left to die, unwanted.
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