Jeremiah 12:3
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.”Jeremiah 12:3
What Does Jeremiah 12:3 Mean?
Jeremiah 12:3 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 12, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Suffering.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 12:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 139:1“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.”Acts 8:32“The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:”2 Peter 2:12“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;”2 Kings 20:3“I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.”Jeremiah 15:15“O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.”Romans 8:36“As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”Jeremiah 17:18“Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.”Psalms 49:14“Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.”Genesis 6:7“And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”Psalms 17:3“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.”James 5:5“Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.”Psalms 26:1“Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.”Psalms 44:11“Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.”Psalms 44:21“Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.”Psalms 139:23“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”Jeremiah 21:6“And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.”Jeremiah 50:27“Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.”Genesis 7:21“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:”Joshua 22:22“The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)”1 Chronicles 29:17“I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.”
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