Cross references

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

Jeremiah 9:12 BSB

Jeremiah 9:12 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 14:9 (6 votes) and Psalm 107:43 (5 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 47 to Revelation 1.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 9:12 point to?

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

  1. Hosea 14:96 votes

    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

  2. Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

  3. If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

  4. and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

  5. Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. …

  6. And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

  7. And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’” Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

  8. 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. …

  9. And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’ Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

  10. They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Which verses point to Jeremiah 9:12?

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