Jeremiah 11:5
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 32:22 echoes the exact phrase 'land flowing with milk and honey' as a reminder of God's faithful fulfillment of the oath.
Jeremiah 19:12 shows the covenant land promised in the oath becoming a place of slaughter—the judgment for breaking that same covenant.
Jeremiah 28:6 uses the same 'Amen' response but for a false prophecy — contrasting Jeremiah's true affirmation of the covenant oath.
In Genesis 26:3-5, God swears to Isaac the same land oath — the very promise Jeremiah recalls as the covenant foundation.
Psalm 105:9-11 recounts the same covenant oath to the patriarchs — a later poetic reflection on the land promise Jeremiah invokes.
Deuteronomy 27:15-26 pronounces curses for covenant breaking — the stark contrast to the land blessing Jeremiah affirms with 'Amen'.
Deuteronomy 6:3 echoes the 'land flowing with milk and honey' command — the same inheritance Jeremiah affirms with 'Amen'.
Leviticus 20:24 repeats the 'land flowing with milk and honey' promise — reinforcing the covenantal gift Jeremiah references.
Exodus 3:8-17 is the first use of 'land flowing with milk and honey' — the precise phrase Jeremiah quotes from the deliverance promise.
Jeremiah 11:5 directly continues the thought: obedience leads to God fulfilling the oath to give the promised land.
Deuteronomy 27:3 repeats the 'land flowing with milk and honey' phrase and ties it to writing the law upon entering the land, echoing the oath.
Ezekiel 20:6 reiterates the same oath to give a land flowing with milk and honey, emphasizing God's initial commitment despite later rebellion.
Luke 1:73 recalls the oath to Abraham, linking the land promise to the broader covenant foundation that Jeremiah references.
Exodus 33:3 uses the same 'land flowing with milk and honey' phrase, but here God refuses to accompany Israel due to their sin, contrasting with Jer 11:5's fulfillment.
Numbers 13:27 confirms the land's abundance with the same 'flowing with milk and honey' phrase, reinforcing the promise Jeremiah references.
Deuteronomy 28:9 also invokes God's sworn promise, but here it is conditional on obedience, contrasting with the unconditional land grant in Jeremiah.
Deuteronomy 7:12 speaks of God keeping the covenant sworn to the fathers — the same oath underlying Jeremiah's land promise, though less specific.
2 Samuel 7:25 is David's prayer for God to establish his word, similar to Jeremiah's 'Amen' response to God's promise.