Jeremiah 11:16
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.”Jeremiah 11:16
What Does Jeremiah 11:16 Mean?
Jeremiah 11:16 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 11, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 11:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 52:8“But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.”Psalms 128:3“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”Romans 11:17“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;”Revelation 11:4“These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.”Isaiah 27:11“When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.”Psalms 80:16“It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.”Job 8:16“He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.”Psalms 83:2“For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.”Isaiah 1:30“For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.”Jeremiah 21:14“But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.”Ezekiel 15:4“Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?”Ezekiel 20:47“And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.”Hosea 14:6“His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.”Matthew 3:10“And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”John 15:6“If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”
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