Jeremiah 26:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 26:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 26:6 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 26:6 — KJV
“Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.”
— Jeremiah 26:6 (KJV)
Jeremiah 26:6 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 26:6
“And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:6: make, like, nations
“And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:6: make, like, nations
“Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:6: then, make, house
“Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. full of blood: Heb. filled with, etc perverseness: or, wresting of judgment”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:6: then, house, city
“For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. sift: Heb. cause to move grain: Heb. stone”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:6: house, like, nations
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