That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
- KJV The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
- BSB This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
- NKJV The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations.
- NLT The following messages were given to Jeremiah the prophet from the Lord concerning foreign nations.
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Quick answer
This introduces the section of Jeremiah's prophecies concerning the nations. God's word extends in judgment and authority beyond Judah to the surrounding peoples.
Overview
Chapter 46 begins a series of oracles against foreign nations, affirming that Yahweh rules not only Israel but all the earth. These prophecies display God's universal sovereignty and justice over Gentile powers. That God governs and judges all nations anticipates the gospel's reach to every people, for in Christ God claims authority over all nations as His inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Jer 1:10Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
- Zech 2:8For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
- Gen 10:5Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
- Jer 25:15–38For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to me: “take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
- Jer 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
- Num 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
- Rom 3:29Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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