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Jeremiah 9:7 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Jeremiah 9:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?”
Jeremiah 9:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 9:7
This verse announces coming judgment: 'Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them.' The metallurgical imagery uses tsaraph (צָרַף, to smelt, refine) and bachan (בָּחַן, to test, assay). God's judgment functions as a refiner's fire, testing metal for purity by melting. 'For how shall I do for the daughter of my people?' This rhetorical question reveals divine pathos—what other option exists for a people so thoroughly corrupt? The question is not about divine capability but divine necessity. Judgment is not arbitrary punishment but the only remedy for systemic...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 9:7
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“thoroughly purge away your dross”
“and he will purify the sons of Levi”
“I have refined you”
“I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people”
“and will refine them as silver is refined”
“which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire”
“don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you”
“the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead”
“The bellows are burned”