Jeremiah 25:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 25:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 25:12 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation,..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 25:12 — KJV
“And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. punish: Heb. visit upon”
— Jeremiah 25:12 (KJV)
Jeremiah 25:12 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 25:12
“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:12: king, babylon, nation
“And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:12: come, pass, punish
“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. punish: Heb. visit upon stout...: Heb. greatness of the heart”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:12: come, pass, punish
“And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:12: come, pass, seventy
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. punish: Heb. visit upon”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:12: come, pass, punish
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