Jeremiah 25:6

Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

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And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

In Context

5Saying, Come back now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and keep your place in the land which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from times long past even for ever:

7But you have not given ear to me, says the Lord; so that you have made me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:23Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.

Deuteronomy 8:19And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.

Deuteronomy 28:14Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

1 Kings 11:4For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

2 Kings 17:35And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

Jeremiah 7:9Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:2-8

God's Remonstrances with the People. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come… Read the whole commentary →

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