Ezekiel 19:1
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 27:2 repeats the command 'take up a lament' — a parallel lament over Tyre's fall, mirroring the one for Israel's princes.
Ezekiel 26:17 uses the identical phrase 'take up a lament' — extending the same lament formula to the judgment on Tyre.
Ezekiel 32:18 commands 'wail' for Egypt's hordes — a lament parallel in form and function to this lament for the princes.
Ezekiel 32:16 calls this 'the lament' for Egypt — using the same word (qinah) as the lament for princes, showing a repeated prophetic pattern.
Ezekiel 2:10 contains the scroll of lamentations — the same genre (qinah) that Ezekiel is commanded to take up here for the princes of Israel.
Jeremiah 22:18 says Jehoiakim will receive no lament—directly opposing the lament commanded here.
Lamentations 5:12 describes princes being hanged—a concrete example of the humiliation of leaders Ezekiel mourns.
Lamentations 4:20 laments the capture of the LORD's anointed king—the same tragic fate for a prince that Ezekiel bewails.
Jeremiah 52:25-27 records the execution of Judah's princes—the historical downfall that Ezekiel's lament mourns.
Jeremiah 52:11 reports Zedekiah's blinding and captivity, completing the lamentable end.
Jeremiah 52:10 recounts the slaughter of Zedekiah's sons, the calamity described in Ezekiel's lament.
Jeremiah 24:1 provides the historical backdrop of Jeconiah's exile, which Ezekiel laments.
Jeremiah 22:30 pronounces Coniah's dynasty cut off, a central tragedy in the lament for the princes.
Jeremiah 22:28 bemoans Coniah's exile, reinforcing the lament for the second prince in Ezekiel's allegory.
2 Kings 23:29 records Josiah's death at Megiddo — the event that sets off the exile of the first 'cub' (Jehoahaz) in Ezekiel's lament.
Jeremiah 22:10-12 weeps for Jehoahaz's captivity, matching the first lamented prince in Ezekiel's allegory.
Jeremiah 9:10 uses the exact phrase 'take up a lamentation' — the same Hebrew words (nasa qinah) linking these two prophetic laments.
2 Chronicles 36:10 records the exile of Jehoiachin, the second prince lamented in this chapter.
2 Chronicles 36:6 records Nebuchadnezzar binding Jehoiakim to take him to Babylon — another king taken captive, parallel to the lament's theme.
2 Chronicles 36:3 recounts Pharaoh Neco deposing Jehoahaz and imposing a fine — same event as the first cub's exile in Ezekiel 19:1.
2 Kings 25:5-7 describes Zedekiah's capture and blinding — the final cub in Ezekiel 19:1 who is caught in a pit.
2 Kings 24:12 shows Jehoiachin surrendering to Babylon — this is the second cub taken captive in Ezekiel's lament.
2 Kings 24:6 records Jehoiakim's death and Jehoiachin's succession — the transition to the second cub in Ezekiel's lament.
2 Kings 23:34 tells how Pharaoh Neco deposed Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt — exactly the fate of the first cub in Ezekiel's lament.
2 Kings 23:30 describes Jehoahaz being made king after Josiah's death — this is the first cub of the lioness in Ezekiel 19:1.
Jeremiah 13:18 calls for the king and queen mother to humble themselves as their crown falls — echoing the same theme of humbled royalty lamented in Ezekiel 19:1.
2 Chronicles 35:25 mentions Jeremiah's lament for Josiah — a parallel lament tradition that also mourns the fall of Judah's kings.