Jeremiah 26:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 26:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 26:9 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desola..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 26:9 — KJV
“Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.”
— Jeremiah 26:9 (KJV)
Jeremiah 26:9 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 26:9
“If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: toward the city: Heb. the way of the city”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:9: hast, name, lord
“Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:9: lord, saying, house
“If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:9: hast, name, house
“Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:9: prophesied, lord, saying
“And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 26:9: prophesied, name, lord
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