Jeremiah 50:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 50:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 50:12 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 50:12 — KJV
“Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.”
— Jeremiah 50:12 (KJV)
Jeremiah 50:12 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 50:12
“And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:12: mother, wilderness, land
“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. led: or, compassed”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:12: wilderness, land, desert
“Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. bring: Heb. gather”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:12: mother, behold, land
“And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. lifted...: Heb. plucked up flowed: Heb. went”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:12: bare, dry, land
“Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:12: behold, nations, land
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