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Jeremiah 25:34

Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 25

“Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.”Jeremiah 25:34

What Does Jeremiah 25:34 Mean?

Jeremiah 25:34 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 25, verse 34 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 Lament.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Jeremiah 25:34 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

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 23:1“Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.”Zechariah 10:3“Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.”Jeremiah 18:22“Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.”Zechariah 11:3“There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.”Jeremiah 48:38“There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.”Zephaniah 1:11“Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.”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.”1 Samuel 5:12“And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.”1 Kings 20:6“Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.”2 Chronicles 36:10“And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.”Psalms 2:9“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”Isaiah 2:16“And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.”Isaiah 10:12“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.”Isaiah 30:14“And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.”Isaiah 33:1“Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.”Isaiah 34:6“The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.”Jeremiah 3:19“But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.”Jeremiah 4:8“For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.”Jeremiah 19:10“Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,”

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