Jeremiah 5:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 5:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 5:10 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 5:10 — KJV
“Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.”
— Jeremiah 5:10 (KJV)
Jeremiah 5:10 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 5:10
“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:10: destroy, make, end
“And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:10: make, take, away
“And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:10: make, take, away
“And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:10: end, take, away
“But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. captives: Heb. captivity”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:10: end, take, away
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