Text: Jeremiah 10:23-25
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 79:6-7
Subject: imprecatory prayer for divine wrath on hostile nations
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 10:25 directly quotes Psalm 79:6-7, reproducing the psalmist's imprecatory plea nearly verbatim: "Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You... for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland" (שְׁפֹךְ חֲמָתְךָ עַל־הַגּוֹיִם, shefokh chamatka al-hagoyim). The psalm laments the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, while Jeremiah reuses the identical language to plead against the nations threatening Judah before that destruction is complete. This direct quotation grounds Jeremiah's prophetic prayer in Israel's liturgical tradition, transforming a psalm of communal lament into a prophetic intercessory plea. The shared phrase "they have devoured Jacob" (אָכְלוּ אֶת־יַעֲקֹב, akhelu et-Ya'aqov) binds the two texts as expressions of covenant solidarity before God.