Jeremiah 3:21
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.”Jeremiah 3:21
What Does Jeremiah 3:21 Mean?
Jeremiah 3:21 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 3, 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.
Key themes in this passage include Lament, Exile & Belonging, Repentance, and Doubt.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 3:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 2:32“Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.”Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.”Isaiah 57:11“And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?”Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.”Jeremiah 31:9“They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”Ezekiel 23:35“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.”2 Corinthians 7:10“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”Psalms 9:17“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”Isaiah 15:2“He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.”Isaiah 17:10“Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:”Jeremiah 18:15“Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;”Numbers 22:32“And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:”Deuteronomy 32:18“Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.”Job 33:27“He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;”Proverbs 10:9“He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.”Proverbs 19:3“The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.”Jeremiah 22:23“O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!”Jeremiah 30:15“Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.”Jeremiah 50:4“In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.”Ezekiel 7:16“But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.”
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