Jeremiah 5:5
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.”Jeremiah 5:5
What Does Jeremiah 5:5 Mean?
Jeremiah 5:5 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 5, verse 5 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 5:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 2:3“Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”Nahum 1:13“For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.”Jeremiah 2:20“For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.”Ezekiel 11:2“Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:”James 2:5“Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?”2 Chronicles 36:14“Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.”Nehemiah 13:17“Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?”Job 32:9“Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.”Psalms 2:2“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,”Isaiah 1:5“Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.”Isaiah 1:23“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”Jeremiah 5:23“But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.”Jeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.”Ezekiel 22:6“Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.”Ezekiel 22:25“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.”Daniel 2:48“Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.”Hosea 9:15“All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.”Amos 4:1“Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.”Micah 3:1“And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?”Micah 3:11“The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.”
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