Jeremiah 9:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 9:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 9:19 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 9:19 — KJV
“For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.”
— Jeremiah 9:19 (KJV)
Jeremiah 9:19 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 9:19
“Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. was...: Gr. voice was made confounded: or, troubled in mind”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:19: voice, heard, confounded
“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 9:19: voice, heard, zion
“A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:19: voice, heard, how
“And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:19: voice, heard, because
“Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:19: because, forsaken, land
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