Jeremiah 5:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 5:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 5:17 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy f..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 5:17 — KJV
“And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.”
— Jeremiah 5:17 (KJV)
Jeremiah 5:17 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 5:17
“And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:17: sons, daughters, flocks
“And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:17: eat, sons, daughters
“And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:17: eat, thine, sons
“A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; of oil...: Heb. of olive tree of oil”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:17: eat, vines, fig
“And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:17: eat, thine, flocks
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