Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 13:7 shows the physical result: the girdle is marred and profitable for nothing, illustrating the judgment on the evil people.
Jeremiah 13:11 explains the loincloth metaphor: God made Israel cling to him for glory, but they refused to hear — directly extending the rebuke here.
In Jeremiah 25:3-7, the same persistent refusal to listen over 23 years is recounted—identical rejection of God's words as in 13:10.
Jeremiah 16:12 echoes the same phrase 'imagination of his evil heart' and refusal to listen, reinforcing the charge of stubbornness.
Jeremiah 3:17 promises a future where they stop walking after the imagination of their evil heart—direct reversal of the same phrase.
In Jeremiah 5:23, the same stubborn and rebellious heart appears, directly paralleling the refusal to hear God.
Jeremiah 16:4 describes the same judgment of grievous deaths and lack of burial for the evil people.
In Jeremiah 15:1, God says even Moses and Samuel cannot intercede for this evil people—showing the irreversible judgment on the stubborn heart of 13:10.
In Jeremiah 7:24, the same 'stubbornness of evil heart' phrase describes the same rebellious people who refuse to listen—identical to 13:10.
In Jeremiah 7:25-28, persistent sending of prophets and the people's refusal to listen mirror the stubbornness in 13:10.
In Jeremiah 8:5, perpetual backsliding and refusal to return echo the people's stubborn following of their own will.
In Jeremiah 9:14, they walk after stubborn hearts and Baals—the identical idolatry and stubbornness as in Jeremiah 13:10.
In Jeremiah 11:7, God's persistent warning to obey underscores the gravity of the people's refusal to hear in 13:10.
In Jeremiah 11:8, they walk in stubbornness of evil heart and do not obey—the same rebellion as in 13:10, bringing covenant curses.
Jeremiah 25:4 recounts God sending prophets persistently, yet the people did not listen — the same refusal to hear God's words condemned here.
Jeremiah 23:17 uses the exact phrase 'stubbornly follows his own heart' — false prophets assure such people of peace, contrasting with the coming judgment here.
Jeremiah 7:9 lists 'go after other gods' among sins like stealing and murder — connecting idolatry to broader covenant breaking here.
Jeremiah 7:6 includes 'do not go after other gods' as a condition for staying in the land — the same idolatry that makes the people 'good for nothing' here.
Jeremiah 2:32 uses the metaphor of a bride forgetting her attire to describe Israel's forgetfulness of God — same indictment of abandoning Him.
Acts 7:51 calls them stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart, resisting the Holy Spirit—parallel to refusing to hear God's words.
Ephesians 4:17-19 describes Gentiles walking in vanity of mind and darkened understanding, parallel to walking after imagination of evil heart.
In Numbers 14:11, the Israelites' unbelief and despising God mirrors the stubborn refusal to listen in Jeremiah 13:10—both reject God.
In 2 Chronicles 36:16, they mock and despise God's words—the exact rejection described in Jeremiah 13:10, leading to wrath.
Zechariah 1:4 warns not to repeat the fathers' refusal to hear the prophets — the same pattern of stubbornness Jeremiah condemns here.
Zechariah 7:11 describes the people 'refusing to pay attention' and stopping their ears — the identical hard-heartedness that makes them useless here.
In Hebrews 12:25, refusing God's warnings is warned against—using the OT pattern of stubborn rejection seen in Jeremiah 13:10 as example.
Exodus 10:3 shows Pharaoh's refusal to humble himself before God, mirroring Judah's stubbornness here — both reject God's command.