Jeremiah 49:23
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 49
“Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.”Jeremiah 49:23
What Does Jeremiah 49:23 Mean?
Jeremiah 49:23 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 49, verse 23 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 49:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Amos 1:3“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:”2 Kings 18:34“Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?”Isaiah 10:9“Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?”Isaiah 36:19“Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?”Zechariah 9:2“And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.”Genesis 14:15“And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.”Genesis 15:2“And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”Isaiah 57:20“But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.”Numbers 13:21“So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.”2 Kings 19:13“Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?”Isaiah 17:1“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.”Nahum 2:10“She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.”Zechariah 9:1“The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.”Deuteronomy 20:8“And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.”Joshua 2:11“And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.”Joshua 14:8“Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.”2 Samuel 8:9“When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,”2 Samuel 17:10“And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.”1 Kings 11:24“And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.”2 Kings 17:24“And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.”
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