Jeremiah 51:41
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 51:41 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 51:41 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 51:41 — KJV
“How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!”
— Jeremiah 51:41 (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:41 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 51:41
“How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:41: how, whole, earth
“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:41: become, astonishment, among
“How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:41: how, become, among
“And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:41: whole, babylon, astonishment
“And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: to be a curse: Heb. for a curse”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:41: earth, astonishment, among
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