Jeremiah 33:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 33:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 33:5 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine ang..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 33:5 — KJV
“They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.”
— Jeremiah 33:5 (KJV)
Jeremiah 33:5 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 33:5
“And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 33:5: come, fight, chaldeans
“Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. because...: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 33:5: fill, dead, bodies
“Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. mounts: or, engines of shot”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 33:5: come, fight, chaldeans
“For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, a provocation...: Heb. for my anger”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 33:5: mine, anger, fury
“Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? befall: Heb. find”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 33:5: come, anger, hid
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