Jeremiah 51:42
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 51:42 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 51:42 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 51:42 — KJV
“The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.”
— Jeremiah 51:42 (KJV)
Jeremiah 51:42 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 51:42
“By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. By: Heb. By the hand of tall...: Heb. tallness, etc of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:42: come, multitude, thereof
“Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:42: sea, come, multitude
“Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:42: sea, waves, thereof
“For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. stretched...: or, plucked up”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:42: sea, come, thereof
“For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. noise: or, multitude”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 51:42: come, multitude, thereof
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