Jeremiah 32:18

Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings of Judah, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing;

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Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

In Context

17So I took the cup out of the Lord’s hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink:

19and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people;

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Cross References

Genesis 49:24But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, 1 And the sinews of their arms were slackened 1 By the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; 1 Thence is he that strengthened Israel 1 From the God of thy father; 1

Exodus 34:7and keeping justice and mercy for thousands, taking away iniquity, and unrighteousness, and sins; and he will not clear the guilty; bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and to the children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.

Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor shalt thou serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

Deuteronomy 7:21Thou shalt not be wounded before them, because the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a great and powerful God.

Joshua 7:24And Joshua took Achan the son of Zerah, and brought him to the Valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:17-26

Jeremiah's Prayer. ( b. c. 589.) 16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord , saying, 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, 19 Great in counsel,… Read the whole commentary →

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