Jeremiah 29:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 29:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 29:18 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 29:18 — KJV
“And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: to be a curse: Heb. for a curse”
— Jeremiah 29:18 (KJV)
Jeremiah 29:18 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 29:18
“And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 29:18: deliver, removed, kingdoms
“But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. a few...: Heb. men of number”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 29:18: sword, famine, pestilence
“Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. to be...: Heb. for a removing”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 29:18: sword, famine, pestilence
“In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 29:18: earth, curse, reproach
“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 29:18: curse, among, nations
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