Jeremiah 6:16 Cross References - CLV

¹⁶ Thus said Yahweh:Stand you by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this--the good way? and go you in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.'"

⁷ Remember the days of the eon; understand the years of generation after generation. Ask your father, and he shall tell you, your elders, and they shall say to you.

⁷ Do tell me, you whom my soul loves, Where do you graze your flock? Where do you recline them at noon? Why should I become like a muffled woman Beside the droves of your partners? ⁸ If you do not know for yourself, loveliest among women, Go forth for yourself at the heels of the flock, And graze your kids by the tabernacles of the shepherds."

⁵ And now, O house of Jacob, go! And we shall walk in the light of Yahweh."

²⁰ To the law and to the testimony! If they are not speaking according to this word, there is no bribe for them"

¹² when He says to them:"This is the resting place. Give rest to the faint. And this is the respite.Yet they are not willing to hearken,

²¹ and your ears shall hear a word from behind you saying, "This is the way, go in it,in case you shall go right, and in case you shall go left."

²⁵ Withhold your foot from being unshod, And your throat from thirst, And you say, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.'"

²³ But this thing I commanded them, saying:Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for Elohim, And you--you are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you."

¹² And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do."

¹⁵ But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways--paths of old, To walk in paths--a way not raised up,

²¹ I have spoken unto you in your ease, You have said, `I do not hearken,' This [is] your way from your youth, For you have not hearkened to My voice."

¹⁶ `The word that you have spoken unto us in the name of Yahweh--we are not hearkening unto you;

⁴ Remember the law of Moses, My servant, which I instruct him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and judgments."

²⁸ Hither to Me, all who are toiling and laden, and I will be giving you rest." ²⁹ Lift My yoke upon you and be learning from Me, for meek am I and humble in heart, and you shall be finding rest in your souls,

²⁸ Now what are you supposing? A man had two children. And, coming to the first, he said, 'Child, go today, work in my vineyard.'" ²⁹ Yet he, answering, said, 'I do not want to.' Yet subsequently, regretting it, he went forth." ³⁰ Now, coming to the second, he said similarly. Now he, answering, said, "I go, lord! and he went not forth." ³¹ Which of the two does the will of the father?They are saying, "The first.Jesus is saying to them, "Verily, I am saying to you that the tribute collectors and the prostitutes are preceding you into the kingdom of God." ³² For John came to you on the road of righteousness, and you do not believe him. Yet the tribute collectors and the prostitutes believe him. Now you, perceiving it, did not even regret subsequently, so as to believe him."

²⁹ Yet Abraham is saying to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them!'"

³⁹ Search the scriptures, for in them you are supposing you have life eonian, and those are they which are testifying concerning Me,

⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he writes concerning Me." ⁴⁷ Now if you are not believing his writings, how shall you be believing My declarations?

³⁵ Jesus, then, said to them, "Still a little time the light is among you. Be walking while you have the light, lest the darkness may be overtaking you. And he who is walking in the darkness is not aware whither he is going."

¹⁷ If you are aware of these things, happy are you if you should be doing them!"

¹¹ Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who receive the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures day by day, to see if these have it thus."

¹ What, then, shall we declare that Abraham, our forefather, according to flesh, has found? ² For if Abraham was justified by acts, he has something to boast in, but not toward God." ³ For what is the scripture saying? Now "Abraham believes God, and it is reckoned to him for righteousness." ⁴ Now to the worker, the wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as a debt." ⁵ Yet to him who is not working, yet is believing on Him Who is justifying the irreverent, his faith is reckoned for righteousness." ⁶ Even as David also is telling of the happiness of the man to whom God is reckoning righteousness apart from acts:

¹² and the father of the Circumcision, not to those of the Circumcision only, but to those also who are observing the elements of the faith in the footprints of our father Abraham, in uncircumcision."

⁶ As, then, you accepted Christ Jesus, the Lord, be walking in Him,

¹² that you may not be becoming dull. Now be imitators of those who through faith and patience are enjoying the allotment of the promises.

² for in this the elders were testified to.