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Jeremiah 31:40 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 31:40 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 40 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.”
Jeremiah 31:40 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 31:40
The whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes (כָּל־הָעֵמֶק הַפְּגָרִים וְהַדֶּשֶׁן)—areas of ritual impurity become consecrated. Pegarim (corpses, פְּגָרִים) and deshen (ashes, דֶּשֶׁן, specifically sacrificial ashes) marked the valley of Hinnom (Gehenna) and the ash dump east of the city as ceremonially unclean (Leviticus 4:12). God declares these spaces holy unto the LORD (קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה)—the strongest possible reversal.The brook of Kidron (Kidron Valley) was Jerusalem's eastern boundary where idols were burned (2 Kings 23:4, 6, 12) and corpses dumped (2 Chronicles 29:16). The corne...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 31:40
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“and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron”
“he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron”
“And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.”
“So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house”
“which the kings of Judah had made”
“outside of Jerusalem”
“everyone over against his own house.”
“HOLY TO YAHWEH; and the pots in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar.”
“Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city”