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Jeremiah 23:29 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Jeremiah 23:29 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 29 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”
Jeremiah 23:29 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like as a fire...and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? (כָּאֵשׁ...וּכְפַטִּישׁ יְפֹצֵץ סָלַע, ka'esh...ukh'pattish y'fotsets sala)—fire (אֵשׁ) and hammer (פַּטִּישׁ) describe transformative, destructive power. Fire refines and consumes; hammers shatter resistant stone (סֶלַע). The verb פָּצַץ (patsats) means total fragmentation.Hebrews 4:12 echoes this: 'The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword.' Fire melts metals; hammers break stone for building. God's word either refines or destroys. The hardest hearts cannot withstand its impa...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 23:29
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“and active”
“the God of Armies”
“Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
“I will not make mention of him”
“but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds”
“fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them”
“and are life.”
“and one sat on each of them.”
“they were cut to the heart”
“To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?”