Jeremiah 42:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 42:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 42:5 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all thing..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 42:5 — KJV
“Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.”
— Jeremiah 42:5 (KJV)
Jeremiah 42:5 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 42:5
“Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:5: then, lord, according
“And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjathjearim whose name...: or, at which the name, even the name of the LORD of hosts, was called upon”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:5: then, lord, between
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; of the Laodiceans: or, in Laodicea”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:5: true, faithful, witness
“And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:5: lord, true, faithful
“The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:5: then, lord, god
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