Jeremiah 46:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 46:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 46:23 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshopper..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 46:23 — KJV
“They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.”
— Jeremiah 46:23 (KJV)
Jeremiah 46:23 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 46:23
“Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. Though...: or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away cut down: Heb. shorn”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:23: cut, down, saith
“Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. they cannot...: or, none can order them unto thee”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:23: lord, though, cannot
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:23: saith, lord, because
“So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:23: cut, down, forest
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 46:23: lord, because, more
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