Jeremiah 6:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 6:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 6:5 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 6:5 — KJV
“Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
— Jeremiah 6:5 (KJV)
Jeremiah 6:5 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 6:5
“Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:5: arise, let, night
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:5: let, night
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:5: night, destroy
“And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:5: let, destroy
“And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 6:5: let, night
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