Jeremiah 23:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 23:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 23:9 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 23:9 — KJV
“Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.”
— Jeremiah 23:9 (KJV)
Jeremiah 23:9 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 23:9
“It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. left: Heb. found”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:9: shake, whom, hath
“It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. left: Heb. found”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:9: shake, whom, hath
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:9: heart, broken, because
“But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. take...: or, overtake”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:9: prophets, like, hath
“Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. by: Heb. by the hand of”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 23:9: heart, prophets, hath
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