Jeremiah 50:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 50:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 50:21 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy af..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 50:21 — KJV
“Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. of Merathaim: or, of the rebels Pekod: or, Visitation”
— Jeremiah 50:21 (KJV)
Jeremiah 50:21 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 50:21
“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 50:21: against, land, inhabitants
“Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:21: against, land, even
“And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:21: land, inhabitants, destroy
“For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:21: against, utterly, destroy
“Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:21: against, even, inhabitants
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