Jeremiah 3:9
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.”Jeremiah 3:9
What Does Jeremiah 3:9 Mean?
Jeremiah 3:9 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 3, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Temptation.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 3:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 2:27“Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.”Isaiah 57:6“Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?”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.”Hosea 1:2“The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.”Exodus 34:15“Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;”Judges 8:33“And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.”Jeremiah 2:7“And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.”Jeremiah 10:8“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”Jeremiah 16:18“And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.”Ezekiel 16:17“Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,”Ezekiel 36:17“Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.”Habakkuk 2:19“Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.”Jeremiah 3:1“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.”Ezekiel 8:10“So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.”Ezekiel 20:18“But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:”Ezekiel 23:10“These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.”Hosea 4:12“My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.”
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