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Jeremiah 11:16 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Jeremiah 11:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 11 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.”
Jeremiah 11:16 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 11:16
This verse uses olive tree imagery: 'The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit.' The Hebrew zayith ra'anan (זַיִת רַעֲנָן, luxuriant olive tree) describes Israel's intended beauty and fruitfulness. Olive trees were valuable—producing oil for food, light, anointing, medicine. 'Fair' (yepheh) and 'goodly fruit' (peri to'ar) indicate God's delight in His creation. 'With the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.' The imagery shifts dramatically: fire consuming the tree, branches broken. The 'great tumult' (hamullah ge...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 11:16
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“and you”
“they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire”
“I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.”
“It is burned with fire”
“he is thrown out as a branch”
“it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both the ends of it”
“says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest”
“behold”
“and as a garden that has no water.”