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Jeremiah 23:9 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Jeremiah 23:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Lying Prophets
“Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.”
Jeremiah 23:9 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 23:9
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets—Jeremiah's visceral response to false prophets uses shabar (שָׁבַר), meaning shattered, crushed, or broken into pieces. This isn't mere sadness but profound spiritual anguish. All my bones shake employs rahash (רָחַשׁ), meaning to quake or tremble, the same word used for earthquakes. I am like a drunken man describes disorientation and loss of control, not from intoxication but from encountering the LORD, and... the words of his holiness (qodesh, קֹדֶשׁ—set-apartness, moral purity).This verse introduces Jeremiah 23:9-40, God's devastating ...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 23:9
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“and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones”
“Daniel”
“Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.”
“he has sated me with wormwood.”
“you afflicted”
“but when the commandment came”
“Go through the midst of the city”
“but not with wine; they stagger”
“Let my eyes run down with tears night and day”
“Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”