Cross references

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down,

a wolf from the desert will ravage them.

A leopard will lie in wait near their cities,

and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces.

For their rebellious acts are many,

and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

Jeremiah 5:6 BSB

Jeremiah 5:6 has 30 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 4:7 (5 votes) and Habakkuk 1:8 (5 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 19 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 5:6 point to?

The 20 strongest of 30, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

  2. Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

  3. Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

  4. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

  5. Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.

  6. Ezra 9:63 votes

    and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

  7. Ezra 10:103 votes

    Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

  8. You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

  9. For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

  10. The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

  11. Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

  12. When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’ Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. …

Which verses point to Jeremiah 5:6?

The 10 strongest of 31.