Jeremiah 3:25
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 3:25 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 3:25 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 3:25 — KJV
“We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
— Jeremiah 3:25 (KJV)
Jeremiah 3:25 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 3:25
“Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 3:25: sinned, against, lord
“When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; are...: Heb. have found thee”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 3:25: lord, god, even
“Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 3:25: lie, against, lord
“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 3:25: lord, god, fathers
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. sleep: Heb. lie down”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 3:25: lie, down, lord
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