Cross references

Jeremiah 7:8

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Jeremiah 7:8 BSB

Jeremiah 7:8 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 28:15 (4 votes) and Isaiah 30:10 (2 votes). 44 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Numbers 16 to James 3.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 7:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

  2. They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

  3. Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

  4. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

  5. Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

  6. Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

  7. “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

  8. And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.” …

  9. How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

  10. “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

Which verses point to Jeremiah 7:8?

The 10 strongest of 44.