Maria Esther Torres
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Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 3:17 ESV
At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 3:15 ESV
"'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 3:12-14 ESV
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the Lord your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, declares the Lord. Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 3:11 ESV
And the Lord said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 3:10 ESV
Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord."
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 3:9 ESV
Because she took her whoredom lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and tree.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:35 ESV
you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, 'I have not sinned.'
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:29 ESV
"Why do you contend with me? You have all transgressed against me, declares the Lord.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:28 ESV
But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:27 ESV
who say to a tree, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You gave me birth.' For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us!'
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:26 ESV
"As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets,
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:22 ESV
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord God.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:23 ESV
How can you say, 'I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals'? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restless young camel running here and there,
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:21 ESV
Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:20 ESV
"For long ago I broke your yoke and burst your bonds; but you said, 'I will not serve.' Yes, on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed down like a whore.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:19 ESV
Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:17 ESV
Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way?
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:13 ESV
for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:8 ESV
The priests did not say, 'Where is the Lord?' Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.
Dec 16
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 2:7 ESV
And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in, you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination.
Dec 16