Jeremiah 49:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 49:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 49:24 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 49:24 — KJV
“Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.”
— Jeremiah 49:24 (KJV)
Jeremiah 49:24 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 49:24
“We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 49:24: feeble, hath, anguish
“The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 49:24: waxed, feeble, hath
“A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 49:24: hath, anguish, woman
“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 49:24: herself, anguish, woman
“They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 49:24: waxed, feeble, hath
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