Jeremiah 23:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 23:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 23:10 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 23:10 — KJV
“For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. swearing: or, cursing course: or, violence”
— Jeremiah 23:10 (KJV)
Jeremiah 23:10 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 23:10
“Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:10: land, because, wilderness
“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:10: land, full, wilderness
“Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:10: land, because, wilderness
“But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:10: land, full, because
“Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:10: land, because, wilderness
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