Jeremiah 18:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 18:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 18:15 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their w..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 18:15 — KJV
“Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;”
— Jeremiah 18:15 (KJV)
Jeremiah 18:15 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 18:15
“The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:15: people, hath, ways
“And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:15: people, ways, paths
“My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. restingplace: Heb. place to lie down in”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:15: people, hath, forgotten
“Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:15: hath, ways, walk
“And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. to turn...: Heb. revolt against the LORD”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 18:15: because, hath, walk
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