Jeremiah 4:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 4:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 4:26 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 4:26 — KJV
“I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.”
— Jeremiah 4:26 (KJV)
Jeremiah 4:26 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 4:26
“For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. stretched...: or, plucked up”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 4:26: wilderness, thereof, broken
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 4:26: place, cities, thereof
“And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. Achor: that is, Trouble”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 4:26: place, lord, fierce
“By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. By: Heb. By the hand of tall...: Heb. tallness, etc of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 4:26: fruitful, thereof, down
“And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 4:26: place, cities, lord
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