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Jeremiah 9:21 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Jeremiah 9:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.”
Jeremiah 9:21 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 9:21
This verse personifies Death as an invader: 'For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces.' The Hebrew maveth (מָוֶת, death) climbs through windows and enters palaces—no building provides safety. 'To cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.' Death claims children (olalim) playing outside and young men (bachurim) in public spaces. The imagery suggests sudden, comprehensive mortality—death stalking every space, claiming every generation. Ancient Near Eastern mythology personified death (Mot in Canaanite myth); Jeremiah uses this imagery to ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 9:21
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“and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken”
“I have destroyed my people; they didn't return from their ways.”
“Go you through the city after him”
“who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary”
“son of man”