Quotes about Religion
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
— Jeremiah 2:8
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
— Jeremiah 2:28
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?
— Jeremiah 5:31
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
— Jeremiah 7:4
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
— Jeremiah 7:31
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
— Jeremiah 8:8
They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
— Jeremiah 10:4
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
— Jeremiah 12:2
Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
— Jeremiah 16:20
Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
— Jeremiah 22:9
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
— Jeremiah 26:8
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
— Jeremiah 28:15