Jeremiah 5:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 5:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 5:8 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 5:8 — KJV
“They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.”
— Jeremiah 5:8 (KJV)
Jeremiah 5:8 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 5:8
“And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. one: or, every one another: or, every one lewdly: or, by lewdness”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:8: every, one, neighbour
“Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:8: every, one, neighbour
“By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:8: every, one, after
“This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:8: every, one, after
“And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:8: every, one, after
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