Jeremiah 13:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 13:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 13:21 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall no..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 13:21 — KJV
“What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? punish: Heb visit upon”
— Jeremiah 13:21 (KJV)
Jeremiah 13:21 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 13:21
“And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. are here: Heb. are found iniquity: or, punishment”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 13:21: say, punish, hast
“And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. be amazed: Heb. wonder one...: Heb. every man at his neighbour flames: Heb. faces of the flames”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 13:21: sorrows, take, woman
“But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. a man's...: Heb. married to an husband”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 13:21: hast, take, woman
“And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: with another...: or, being in the power of thy husband: Heb. under thy husband”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 13:21: say, hast, woman
“Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. put...: Heb. bore out”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 13:21: wilt, hast, over
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