Jeremiah 51:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 51:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 51:17 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehoo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 51:17 — KJV
“Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. is brutish...: or, is more brutish than to know”
— Jeremiah 51:17 (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:17 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 51:17
“Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:17: every, brutish, knowledge
“And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:17: knowledge, more, than
“Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:17: founder, graven, image
“Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:17: graven, image, molten
“I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. had...: Heb. had seen much”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:17: knowledge, more, than
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