Jeremiah 15:8
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 15
“Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.”Jeremiah 15:8
What Does Jeremiah 15:8 Mean?
Jeremiah 15:8 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 15, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 15:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 6:4“Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.”Hosea 4:5“Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.”Exodus 22:24“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”Isaiah 3:25“Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.”Jeremiah 15:13“Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.”Jeremiah 18:21“Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.”Lamentations 5:3“We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.”Leviticus 26:16“I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.”1 Samuel 13:5“And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.”2 Chronicles 36:17“Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.”Jeremiah 4:16“Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.”Jeremiah 5:6“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.”Jeremiah 6:26“O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”Jeremiah 48:8“And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.”Jeremiah 49:5“Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.”Ezekiel 22:25“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.”Habakkuk 1:9“They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”Zephaniah 2:4“For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.”Luke 21:35“For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.”
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