Jeremiah 51:29
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 51:29 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 51:29 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the lan..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 51:29 — KJV
“And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.”
— Jeremiah 51:29 (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:29 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 51:29
“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 51:29: land, lord, against
“Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:29: lord, against, make
“Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:29: land, purpose, lord
“Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, utterly...: Heb. desolate with desolation”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:29: land, lord, desolation
“And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:29: land, every, lord
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