Jeremiah 11:10
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 31:32 recalls the old covenant they broke and promises a new one — the broken covenant here is the very reason for that promise.
Jeremiah 3:6-11 describes Israel and Judah's unfaithfulness as adultery — the same covenant-breaking both houses committed here.
Jeremiah 3:10 also condemns Judah's insincere return — both verses expose Judah's pattern of unfaithfulness and pretense.
Jeremiah 17:23 echoes the same refusal: they stiffened their neck and would not listen — identical rebellion described here.
In Deuteronomy 31:16, Moses is told Israel will forsake God, break the covenant, and pursue foreign gods—exactly the scenario Jeremiah describes as already happening.
Hebrews 8:9 quotes Jeremiah 31:32, recalling the old covenant they broke—that very breaking is what Jeremiah 11:10 describes as current reality.
Acts 7:52 adds that the fathers persecuted and killed the prophets — a specific evil that the current generation repeats.
Acts 7:51 accuses the audience of always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as their fathers did — a direct continuation of that stubbornness.
Zechariah 1:4 calls the people not to be like their fathers who refused to listen — the same refusal echoed in this verse.
Zephaniah 1:6 uses the identical phrase 'turned back from following the LORD', reinforcing the theme of covenant unfaithfulness in Jeremiah 11:10.
Hosea 8:1 warns that judgment comes because they have 'transgressed my covenant' and rebelled—the same charge Jeremiah levels against his contemporaries.
Ezekiel 20:18-21 recounts God warning the next generation not to follow their fathers' ways, yet they still rebelled — same failure pattern.
Ezekiel 16:59 declares God will deal with Jerusalem according to her despising the oath and breaking the covenant, mirroring Jeremiah's charge against Israel and Judah.
Psalm 78:57 says they turned back and were treacherous like their fathers — directly mirroring the return to ancestral sins here.
Psalm 78:8-10 depicts the fathers as stubborn and rebellious, refusing to keep God's covenant — exactly the generation Israel is repeating.
2 Chronicles 34:30-33 shows Josiah renewing the covenant — a direct contrast to Judah breaking it in Jeremiah 11:10.
2 Kings 17:7-20 recounts Israel's history of serving other gods and breaking the covenant, leading to exile—the same pattern Jeremiah accuses them of repeating.
Judges 2:19 shows that each generation acted more corruptly than their fathers — escalating the same rebellion described here.
Judges 2:17 describes the same pattern: Israel played the harlot after other gods and turned aside from their fathers' obedience.
Leviticus 26:15 lists spurning God's statutes and breaking His covenant—the same covenant-breaking language Jeremiah condemns in his generation.
Ezekiel 5:6 compares Israel's rebellion to surrounding nations, emphasizing they rejected God's rules — parallel to breaking the covenant.
Psalm 44:18 protests 'our heart has not turned back' from God—directly opposite to Jeremiah 11:10's accusation that they turned back to former sins.
Hosea 6:7 says Israel 'like Adam' transgressed the covenant—a comparable accusation of covenant-breaking, linking their sin to a primal failure.
Hebrews 12:25 warns against refusing God's voice, using Israel's failure as a caution — a NT application of the same principle.
Hosea 6:4 laments Israel's fleeting love like morning dew, echoing the unfaithfulness of Judah breaking the covenant in Jeremiah 11:10.
1 Samuel 15:11 uses the same 'turned back' language for Saul's disobedience, paralleling Judah's breaking the covenant in Jeremiah 11:10.