Jeremiah 3:24
But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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Jeremiah 9:18Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.
Ezekiel 16:19And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:61Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not by your agreement.
Hosea 2:8For she had no knowledge that it was I who gave her the grain and the wine and the oil, increasing her silver and gold which they gave to the Baal.
Hosea 10:6And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:21-25
Israel Returning to God; Israel Encouraged in Their Return. ( b. c. 620.) 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord . 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God. 23… Read the whole commentary →