Jeremiah 6:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 6:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 6:11 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, an..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 6:11 — KJV
“Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.”
— Jeremiah 6:11 (KJV)
Jeremiah 6:11 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 6:11
“Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:11: therefore, lord, children
“Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:11: lord, children, men
“And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. present: Heb. found loud...: Heb. instruments of strength”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:11: lord, children, men
“Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:11: fury, pour, children
“And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:11: lord, children, young
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