Jeremiah 50:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 50:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 50:24 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caug..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 50:24 — KJV
“I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.”
— Jeremiah 50:24 (KJV)
Jeremiah 50:24 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 50:24
“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:24: art, also, because
“And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? were...: or, made himself ready”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:24: laid, art, found
“Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:24: art, taken, wast
“The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. behold...: Heb. behold thee in thy evil”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:24: art, taken, because
“Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 50:24: art, found, because
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