Jeremiah 1:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 1:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 1:1 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 1:1 — KJV
“The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:”
— Jeremiah 1:1 (KJV)
Jeremiah 1:1 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 1:1
“And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 1:1: words, jeremiah, son
“And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 1:1: son, priests, land
“And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 1:1: son, land, benjamin
“Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 1:1: words, son, hilkiah
“Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. images: or, teraphim”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 1:1: words, hilkiah, land
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