Jeremiah 10:15-16

Jer 10:15  They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish. 

Jer 10:16  Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the LORD of hosts is his name. 

Exodus 20:4-6

Exo 20:4  “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 

Exo 20:5  You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 

Exo 20:6  but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 

Exodus 23:33

Exo 23:33  They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.” 

2 Kings 22

Josiah Reigns in Judah

2Ki 22:1  Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 

2Ki 22:2  And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left. 

Josiah Repairs the Temple

2Ki 22:3  In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the LORD, saying, 

2Ki 22:4  “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people. 

2Ki 22:5  And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the LORD, repairing the house 

2Ki 22:6  (that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons), and let them use it for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house. 

2Ki 22:7  But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.” 

Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

2Ki 22:8  And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 

2Ki 22:9  And Shaphan the secretary came to the king, and reported to the king, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.” 

2Ki 22:10  Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. 

2Ki 22:11  When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes. 

2Ki 22:12  And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 

2Ki 22:13  “Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.” 

2Ki 22:14  So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter), and they talked with her. 

2Ki 22:15  And she said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, 

2Ki 22:16  Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read. 

2Ki 22:17  Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched. 

2Ki 22:18  But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, 

2Ki 22:19  because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD. 

2Ki 22:20  Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king. 

Jeremiah 2:32

Jer 2:32  Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 

Jeremiah 11:1-13

Jer 11:1  The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 

Jer 11:2  “Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

Jer 11:3  You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant 

Jer 11:4  that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God, 

Jer 11:5  that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.” Then I answered, “So be it, LORD.” 

Jer 11:6  And the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant and do them. 

Jer 11:7  For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice. 

Jer 11:8  Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.” 

Jer 11:9  Again the LORD said to me, “A conspiracy exists among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

Jer 11:10  They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers. 

Jer 11:11  Therefore, thus says the LORD, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. Though they cry to me, I will not listen to them. 

Jer 11:12  Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble. 

Jer 11:13  For your gods have become as many as your cities, O Judah, and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to shame, altars to make offerings to Baal. 

If we call ourselves Christians, then our relationship with God should be the most important thing to us, but so many times we forget because the world pulls on us with to lure us in. 

Jeremiah 13:27

Jer 13:27  I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd whorings, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?” 

Jeremiah 19:4-5

Jer 19:4  Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents, 

Jer 19:5  and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind— 

Jeremiah 19:13

Jer 19:13  The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah—all the houses on whose roofs offerings have been offered to all the host of heaven, and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods—shall be defiled like the place of Topheth.’” 

Jeremiah 32:34

Jer 32:34  They set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it. 

We should all take time to be still in God‘s presence and put aside everything we need to do, and just quiet our souls. God will reveal the steps we should take to remember Him today, tomorrow, and everyday. When we quiet ourselves before Him, He speaks and we will hear from God.