Jeremiah 5:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 5:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 5:5 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 5:5 — KJV
“I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.”
— Jeremiah 5:5 (KJV)
Jeremiah 5:5 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 5:5
“And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:5: great, men, speak
“Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:5: men, speak, way
“I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:5: men, lord, god
“Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: go: Heb. pass over”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:5: men, lord, judgment
“Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: if: Heb. because”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:5: men, lord, judgment
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