Jeremiah 11:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 11:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 11:5 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 11:5 — KJV
“That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. So...: Heb. Amen”
— Jeremiah 11:5 (KJV)
Jeremiah 11:5 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 11:5
“And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:5: may, fathers, give
“And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:5: fathers, give, land
“And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:5: may, fathers, give
“If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:5: give, land, milk
“Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 11:5: may, fathers, land
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