A-Z: Common sayings from the Bible
- Issue of blood
- Jacob's ladder
- Jeremiad
- Jesus wept
- Jesus, Mary and Joseph
- Jezebel
- Job's comforters
- Jonah
- Jubilee
- Judas
- Keeping best until last
- Kicking against the pricks
- Kind word turns away anger
- Labourer is worthy of his hire
- Lamb to the slaughter
- Land flowing with milk and honey
- Land of Nod
- Last enemy
- Last trumpet
- Law of Medes and Persians
- Left hand not knowing what the right is doing
- Leopard can't change its spots
- Let my people go
- Let us now praise famous men
- Let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' 'No'
- Leviathan
- Like mother, like daughter
- Lilies of the field
- Lion's den
- Little leaven
- Living dog is better than a dead lion
- Lost sheep
- Lot's wife
- Love covers a multitude of sins
- Love is ...
- Love strong as death
- Love thy neighbour
- Love your enemies
- Making bricks without straw
- Man after [someone's] own heart
- Man is born to trouble
- Man of sorrows
- Man shall not live by bread alone
- Manna [bread] from heaven
- Many are called, but few are chosen
- Many mansions
- Many waters cannot quench love
- Mark of Cain
- Mark of the Beast
- Mess of pottage
A-Z: Common sayings from the Bible: Jeremiad
Usage
A lament or denunciation.Definition
Jeremiah is often thought to be one of the least cheerful of the Old Testament prophets. His book on the fall of Jerusalem, Lamentations, is an extended lament.Jeremiah was a prophet in 6BCE and 5BCE, who lived through the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple, when the people of Israel were taken into slavery in Babylonia. His prophecies are recorded in the Book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament.
A 'testament' is a covenant or binding agreement and is a term used in the Bible of God's relationship with his people). The sacred writings of Judaism (the Hebrew Bible). These also form the first part of the Christian Bible.
Someone who conveys God's message to human beings or speaks about the future sometimes through words alone, sometimes through dramatic actions.
The city on a hill (Mt. Zion) which King David captured and made the capital of Israel. It was the site of the Temple built by Solomon and of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Today it is still a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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