Jeremiah 25:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 25:18 — by Collins Asein
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Jeremiah 25:18 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, a..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 25:18 — KJV
“To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;”
— Jeremiah 25:18 (KJV)
Jeremiah 25:18 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 25:18
“And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. desolate: Heb. desolation”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:18: wit, jerusalem, cities
“Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. trouble: Heb. commotion”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:18: wit, jerusalem, judah
“For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. to repair: Heb. to set up”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:18: jerusalem, judah, kings
“For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc desolation: or, astonishment”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:18: thereof, make, desolation
“For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:18: judah, kings, thereof
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