Jeremiah 38:9
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 38
“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.”Jeremiah 38:9
What Does Jeremiah 38:9 Mean?
Jeremiah 38:9 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 38, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 38:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 39:17“But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.”Jeremiah 37:21“Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.”Lamentations 1:11“All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.”Lamentations 3:53“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.”Exodus 23:2“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:”Isaiah 3:1“For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.”Jeremiah 52:6“And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.”2 Corinthians 11:27“In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.”Genesis 47:18“When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:”Esther 7:4“For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.”Job 31:34“Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?”Proverbs 24:11“If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;”Proverbs 31:8“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.”
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