Jeremiah 2:5

5 Thus says the Lord:

e“What wrong did your fathers find in me

that they went far from me,

and fwent after gworthlessness, and became worthless?

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2 Kings 17:15
They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them.

Psalm 31:6
I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

Jonah 2:8
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.


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