Jeremiah 17:6
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.”Jeremiah 17:6
What Does Jeremiah 17:6 Mean?
Jeremiah 17:6 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 17, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 17:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 29:23“And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:”Job 20:17“He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.”Psalms 1:4“The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.”Job 8:11“Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?”Job 15:30“He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.”Job 39:6“Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.”Jeremiah 29:32“Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.”Jeremiah 48:6“Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.”Judges 9:45“And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.”Job 8:12“Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.”Psalms 129:6“Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:”Zephaniah 2:9“Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.”2 Kings 7:2“Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.”2 Kings 7:19“And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.”Psalms 92:7“When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:”Ecclesiastes 6:6“Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?”Isaiah 1:30“For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.”Ezekiel 47:11“But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.”Hosea 2:3“Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.”Hebrews 6:8“But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.”
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