Deuteronomy 31:16

And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 31:18 follows immediately: God will hide His face because the people turned to other gods, as this verse predicted.

Deuteronomy 31:20 expands the prediction: after prosperity, Israel will turn to other gods, confirming the same future failure.

Deuteronomy 32:15 describes Jeshurun forsaking God, directly following the prophecy of apostasy.

Deuteronomy 4:25 warns of the same corruption: making idols and provoking God after settling in the land.

Psalm 106:39 states Israel 'played the harlot in their deeds'—a direct echo of this prophecy, summarizing their repeated idolatry.

Exodus 32:6 Parallel

Exodus 32:6 recounts Israel's golden calf idolatry—'the people sat down to eat and rose up to play'—a direct historical parallel to the predicted harlotry.

Isaiah 57:3-8 condemns 'playing the harlot under every green tree'—the same metaphor for idolatrous apostasy as in this warning.

Jeremiah 2:11-13 laments Israel's exchange of God for worthless idols, echoing the forsaking of the living God predicted here.

Jeremiah 3:1-3 uses the same 'played the harlot with many lovers' imagery—prophetic indictment of Israel's covenant unfaithfulness.

Jeremiah 31:32 recalls this broken covenant as the basis for the new covenant—highlighting the contrast between failure and restoration.

Ezekiel 16:15 uses the same 'played the harlot' metaphor for Israel's unfaithfulness, trusting in beauty instead of God.

Ezekiel 16:25-36 elaborates on the harlotry, multiplying unfaithfulness with every passerby, intensifying the warning.

Ezekiel 23:5-8 portrays Samaria and Jerusalem as harlots with Assyrians, mirroring Israel's covenant unfaithfulness.

Ezekiel 23:9-21 continues the harlotry allegory, focusing on Jerusalem's pursuit of foreign lovers.

Hosea 2:2-5 uses the marriage metaphor for Israel's harlotry, calling her to abandon lovers and return.

Revelation 17:2-5 applies the harlot image to end-times Babylon, echoing the theme of spiritual adultery.

Revelation 19:2 celebrates God's judgment on the great harlot, fulfilling the pattern of punishing unfaithfulness.

2 Samuel 7:12 uses the exact phrase 'lie down with your fathers' for David's death, connecting to the same idiom here.

Judges 2:20 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 2:20 directly confirms this prophecy: Israel transgressed the covenant, provoking God's anger exactly as foretold.

Judges 10:6 Parallel

Judges 10:6 shows another cycle of forsaking God and serving foreign gods, repeating the pattern.

In Judges 10:13, God repeats the same charge: Israel forsook Him and served other gods, triggering His refusal to save.

Judges 2:17–20 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 2:17-20 narrates the fulfillment: Israel 'played the harlot after other gods' and God's anger burned—exact pattern predicted here.

Judges 2:12 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 2:12 records the exact fulfillment: Israel forsook God and followed other gods, as predicted.

Leviticus 20:3-6 uses 'play the harlot after Molech' and spirits—direct verbal parallel to the same spiritual adultery warned here.

Exodus 34:15 warns against covenanting with pagans 'lest they play the harlot after their gods'—identical phrasing, reinforcing the same danger.

Hosea 1:2 Allusion

Hosea 1:2 uses the same 'whoring' metaphor for Israel's idolatry, directly echoing the language of forsaking God for other gods.

Judges 2:10 Prophetic fulfillment

In Judges 2:10, the generation that did not know the Lord fulfills the prediction that Israel would forsake God.

Leviticus 17:7 forbids sacrificing to goat demons, using the same 'whoring' imagery for idolatry that this verse predicts.

Hosea 4:12 Parallel

Hosea 4:12 also depicts Israel's idolatry as spiritual harlotry, where they consult wooden idols and are led astray by a spirit of harlotry.

Ezekiel 8:6 Prophetic fulfillment

Ezekiel 8:6 reveals the abominations driving God from His sanctuary, the same idolatry Moses prophesied Israel would commit.

Lamentations 2:17 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 2:17 explicitly says God fulfilled His ancient word, pointing back to covenant warnings like Deuteronomy 31:16.

Hebrews 8:9 Citation

Hebrews 8:9 recalls the old covenant that Israel broke, directly referencing the same covenant violation predicted in this passage.

Lamentations 1:5 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 1:5 explains Jerusalem's fall as God's judgment for her transgressions, the consequence Moses predicted would follow forsaking Him.

Jeremiah 32:24 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 32:24 sees the siege of Jerusalem as fulfillment of God's spoken word, which includes the covenant curses Moses announced.

2 Kings 17:7 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 17:7, the exile is directly blamed on forsaking God for other gods, confirming the prophecy.

Jeremiah 19:4 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 19:4 charges Israel with forsaking God and burning incense to foreign gods, matching the sin predicted in Deuteronomy.

Jeremiah 11:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 11:10 explicitly states Israel broke the covenant by going after other gods, directly fulfilling Moses' prophecy.

Jeremiah 9:13 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 9:13 attributes the disaster to Israel forsaking God's law, echoing the covenant-breaking Moses foretold.

Judges 10:7 Prophetic fulfillment

In Judges 10:7, God's anger against Israel for idolatry leads to oppression, directly following the warned pattern.

Jeremiah 1:16 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 1:16 declares God's judgment for the very sin Moses predicted: forsaking God to worship other gods.

Isaiah 2:6 Allusion

Isaiah 2:6 describes Israel adopting pagan practices, fulfilling the prediction of whoring after foreign gods here.

Isaiah 1:4 Allusion

Isaiah 1:4 directly says they have forsaken the Lord — the very sin this verse warns will happen.

Judges 18:30 Prophetic fulfillment

In Judges 18:30, the Danites' idolatry with Micah's image exemplifies the 'whoring after other gods' foretold.

Psalm 78:56 Parallel

Psalm 78:56 records Israel testing and rebelling, not keeping testimonies — another instance of the forsaking foretold here.

Psalm 78:10 Parallel

Psalm 78:10 laments that Israel did not keep God’s covenant — the exact rebellion predicted here.

Nehemiah 9:27 confirms that God gave Israel into enemies’ hands because of their apostasy, matching the covenant curse here.

2 Chronicles 36:17 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Chronicles 36:17 recounts the Babylonian conquest as judgment for forsaking God — the ultimate fulfillment of this warning.

2 Chronicles 28:6 states Judah was defeated because they forsook the Lord — the same cause and effect warned of here.

2 Chronicles 21:13 describes Jehoram leading Judah into whoredom, directly fulfilling the apostasy foretold here.

2 Kings 22:16 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 22:16, Huldah declares disaster for Jerusalem because they forsook God—same sin as predicted.

Psalm 73:27 Parallel

Psalm 73:27 says those 'unfaithful' (same root zanah) perish—a poetic reflection on the fate of those who play the harlot, as here.

Genesis 25:8 uses 'gathered to his people' for Abraham's death, a similar idiom to 'lie down with your fathers' here.