Jeremiah 9:17
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:”Jeremiah 9:17
What Does Jeremiah 9:17 Mean?
Jeremiah 9:17 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 9, verse 17 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 Lament.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 9:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 2:18“In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.”Amos 5:16“Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.”Ecclesiastes 12:5“Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:”2 Chronicles 35:25“And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.”Jeremiah 9:20“Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.”Ezekiel 27:2“Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;”Ezekiel 32:16“This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.”Amos 5:1“Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.”Micah 2:4“In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.”Matthew 11:17“And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.”2 Samuel 1:17“And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:”Job 3:8“Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.”Isaiah 51:19“These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?”Jeremiah 6:26“O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.”Jeremiah 7:29“Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.”Jeremiah 48:17“All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!”Lamentations 1:2“She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.”Lamentations 2:5“The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.”Lamentations 2:18“Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.”Ezekiel 19:1“Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,”
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