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Jeremiah 18:21 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Jeremiah 18:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 18 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. pour: Heb. pour them out”
Jeremiah 18:21 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 18:21
Jeremiah's imprecatory prayer: "Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword." This harsh petition asks God to execute the judgment Jeremiah has prophesied. The comprehensive curse—"let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle"—encompasses all ages and both genders, matching the totality of threatened covenant curses (Deut 28:15-68).Such imprecatory prayers trouble modern readers but reflect: (1) confidence that God will indeed judge t...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 18:21
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“and his wife a widow.”
“and in the chambers”
“and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows”
“and concerning their mothers who bore them”
“We are orphans and fatherless”
“it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside”
“I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword”
“Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly”
“Yahweh”
“who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary”