Jeremiah 13:22 References

22 "If you asay in your heart, 'bWhy have these things happened to me?' Because of the cmagnitude of your iniquity dYour skirts have been removed And your heels have been exposed.

c Jeremiah 2:17-19, Jeremiah 9:2-9


Jeremiah 2

17 "Have you not adone this to yourself By your forsaking the Lord your God When He aled you in the way?
18 "But now what are you doing aon the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of the bNile? Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the Euphrates?
19 "aYour own wickedness will correct you, And your bapostasies will reprove you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and cbitter For you to forsake the Lord your God, And dthe dread of Me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

Jeremiah 9

2 aOh that I had in the desert A wayfarers' lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are badulterers, An assembly of ctreacherous men.
3 "They abend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they bproceed from evil to evil, And they cdo not know Me," declares the Lord.
4 "Let everyone abe on guard against his neighbor, And bdo not trust any brother; Because every cbrother deals craftily, And every neighbor dgoes about as a slanderer.
5 "Everyone adeceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They bweary themselves committing iniquity.
6 "Your adwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they brefuse to know Me," declares the Lord.
7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, "Behold, I will refine them and aassay them; For bwhat else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?
8 "Their atongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one bspeaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he csets an ambush for him.
9 "aShall I not punish them for these things?" declares the Lord. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?