Jeremiah 11:16

The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 27:11 describes boughs withered, broken off, and set on fire, directly paralleling the broken branches and fire on the olive tree.

Ezekiel 15:6 describes the vine tree given to fire for fuel, paralleling the olive tree burned with fire.

In Ezekiel 20:47, God kindles a fire that devours every green and dry tree — mirroring the olive tree's burning here.

Ezekiel 20:48 declares the fire unquenchable and from the LORD — reinforcing the irreversible judgment on the olive tree.

Romans 11:17-24 uses the olive tree metaphor with broken branches, directly alluding to this verse's image of broken branches from fire.

Psalm 52:8 Allusion

Psalm 52:8 uses the same 'green olive tree' image for the righteous who trust in God, contrasting with Israel's judgment here.

Matthew 3:10 uses the same axe-and-fire judgment on fruitless trees — a NT echo of the olive tree's fate.

John 15:6 Allusion

John 15:6 depicts branches burned for not abiding in Christ — paralleling the broken, burned branches of the olive tree.

Psalm 80:16 Parallel

Psalm 80:16 describes a vine burned with fire and cut down, similar to the olive tree's burning and broken branches here.

Psalm 128:3 Contrast

Psalm 128:3 pictures olive shoots as a blessing — in sharp contrast to the olive tree here facing destruction.

Revelation 11:4 identifies two witnesses as olive trees, a positive symbol — opposite the judged olive tree here.