Jeremiah 25:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 25:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 25:9 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my s..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 25:9 — KJV
“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.”
— Jeremiah 25:9 (KJV)
Jeremiah 25:9 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 25:9
“And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:9: behold, send, take
“For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:9: families, north, saith
“For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:9: behold, north, saith
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. take her spoil...: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:9: behold, take, saith
“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”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 25:9: saith, lord, king
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