Jeremiah 9:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 9:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 9:2 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 9:2 — KJV
“Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.”
— Jeremiah 9:2 (KJV)
Jeremiah 9:2 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 9:2
“And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; a multitude...: Heb. an assembly of people”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:2: might, people, assembly
“And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:2: men, might, people
“And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. bondage: Heb. servants”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:2: place, leave, people
“And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:2: wilderness, men, people
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 9:2: place, men, people
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