Jeremiah 6:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 6:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 6:24 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 6:24 — KJV
“We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”
— Jeremiah 6:24 (KJV)
Jeremiah 6:24 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 6:24
“The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:24: heard, hands, wax
“Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:24: wax, feeble, anguish
“Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:24: taken, hold, pain
“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:24: heard, hands, anguish
“And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. be delivered: or, cry out came: Heb. were turned”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:24: heard, taken, pain
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