Cross references

Jeremiah 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon,

nestled in the cedars,

how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you,

agony like a woman in labor.”

Jeremiah 22:23 BSB
  1. a That is, the palace in Jerusalem; see 1 Kings 7:2.

Jeremiah 22:23 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 6:24 (6 votes) and Jeremiah 4:30–31 (3 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 Thessalonians 5.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 22:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

  2. And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life. For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

  3. For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.

  4. Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

  5. A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.

  6. Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

  7. Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace. Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

  8. Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

  9. The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

  10. “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God. They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

  11. Hosea 7:142 votes
  12. Amos 9:22 votes
  13. Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Which verses point to Jeremiah 22:23?

The 10 strongest of 23.