Jeremiah 18:21
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 18
“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.”Jeremiah 18:21
What Does Jeremiah 18:21 Mean?
Jeremiah 18:21 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 18, verse 21 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 18:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 63:10“They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.”Isaiah 9:17“Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.”Psalms 109:9“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”Jeremiah 11:22“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:”Jeremiah 15:7“And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.”Lamentations 5:3“We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.”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.”Deuteronomy 32:25“The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.”Esther 9:5“Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.”Jeremiah 9:21“For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.”Jeremiah 14:16“And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.”Jeremiah 15:8“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 16:3“For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;”Jeremiah 50:30“Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.”Lamentations 2:21“The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.”Ezekiel 16:38“And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.”Amos 4:10“I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.”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.”Psalms 28:4“Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.”Isaiah 3:25“Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.”
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