Jeremiah 46:6
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 46
“Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.”Jeremiah 46:6
What Does Jeremiah 46:6 Mean?
Jeremiah 46:6 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 46, verse 6 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 46:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 9:11“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”Daniel 11:19“Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.”Jeremiah 46:12“The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.”Jeremiah 46:10“For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.”Jeremiah 46:20“Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.”Amos 9:1“I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.”Judges 4:15“And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.”Psalms 27:2“When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.”Psalms 33:16“There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.”Psalms 147:10“He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.”Isaiah 8:15“And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.”Isaiah 30:16“But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.”Jeremiah 1:14“Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.”Jeremiah 4:6“Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”Jeremiah 6:1“O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.”Jeremiah 20:11“But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.”Jeremiah 25:9“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”Jeremiah 46:16“He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.”Jeremiah 47:2“Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.”Jeremiah 50:32“And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.”
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