Jeremiah 6:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 6:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 6:26 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 6:26 — KJV
“O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”
— Jeremiah 6:26 (KJV)
Jeremiah 6:26 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 6:26
“And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:26: sackcloth, make, mourning
“And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. grieved: Heb. bitter”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:26: daughter, people, son
“And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:26: people, make, only
“Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:26: thyself, make, son
“The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:26: daughter, wallow, mourning
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