Jeremiah 5:6
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.”Jeremiah 5:6
What Does Jeremiah 5:6 Mean?
Jeremiah 5:6 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 5, 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.
Key themes in this passage include Judgment, Sin, New Creation, and Temptation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 5:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 14:7“O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.”Jeremiah 4:7“The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.”Jeremiah 30:14“All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.”Habakkuk 1:8“Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.”Jeremiah 2:19“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”Ezekiel 22:27“Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.”Hosea 13:7“Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:”Hosea 14:4“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.”Zephaniah 3:3“Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.”Numbers 32:14“And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.”Ezra 9:6“And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.”Ezra 10:10“And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.”Psalms 80:13“The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.”Psalms 104:20“Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.”Isaiah 59:12“For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;”Jeremiah 2:15“The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.”Jeremiah 2:17“Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?”Jeremiah 9:12“Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?”Jeremiah 16:10“And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?”Jeremiah 25:38“He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.”
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