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Jeremiah 23:14 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 23:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. an: or, filthiness”
Jeremiah 23:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 23:14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing—sha'arurah (שַׁעֲרוּרָה) means something horrifying, appalling, or causing one's hair to stand on end. What follows justifies this extreme language: they commit adultery, and walk in lies—both literal sexual immorality (na'aph, נָאַף) and spiritual unfaithfulness, combined with habitual deception (sheker, שֶׁקֶר). They strengthen also the hands of evildoers—chazaq yad (חִזְּקוּ יְדֵי) means to make firm or encourage. By not calling sin to account, they enable wickedness. That none doth return from his wickedness—shuv (שׁוּב), the ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 23:14
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“we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.”
“and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives”
“like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst of it.”
“of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall”
“whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked”
“I am against those who prophesy lying dreams”
“and her priests teach for a price”
“The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't send them”
“Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,,And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;,וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה זַעֲקַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה כִּי־רָבָּה וְחַטָּאתָם כִּי כָבְדָה מְאֹד׃ ,And the LORD said: Verily”
“and didn't repent: and let him hear a cry in the morning”