Jeremiah 12:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 12:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 12:11 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man laye..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 12:11 — KJV
“They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.”
— Jeremiah 12:11 (KJV)
Jeremiah 12:11 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 12:11
“And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:11: made, desolate, land
“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:11: desolate, land, because
“Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:11: made, land, because
“For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:11: made, land, because
“And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. destroyed: Heb. cut off”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:11: made, being, because
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