Jeremiah 46:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 46:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 46:17 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 46:17 — KJV
“They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.”
— Jeremiah 46:17 (KJV)
Jeremiah 46:17 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 46:17
“And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:17: cry, king, egypt
“But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:17: pharaoh, king, egypt
“And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:17: pharaoh, king, egypt
“For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:17: king, egypt, noise
“Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. comfortably: Heb. to the heart warfare: or, appointed time”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:17: cry, hath, time
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