Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carv
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their ow
But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of L
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverte
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jew
For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great ass
Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the ston
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never c
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains an
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it i