Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 13:15, the call to hear and not be proud sets up the weeping — the sorrow comes because they refused to listen.
In Jeremiah 13:19, the captivity of Judah is described — the very reason for Jeremiah’s bitter tears in verse 17.
In Jeremiah 13:20, the prophet is told to look at the invading army from the north — the instrument of the captivity Jeremiah weeps over.
Jeremiah 9:1 expresses a desire for endless tears over the slain — the same prophetic weeping for the people's judgment as in 13:17.
Jeremiah 14:17 commands eyes to flow with tears night and day for the crushed people — very close to the weeping in 13:17.
Jeremiah 22:5 uses the same conditional 'if you will not obey' structure, threatening desolation — a direct parallel to the warning in 13:17.
Jeremiah 4:19 records the prophet's own anguished outcry over coming war — mirrors the same personal grief here.
Jeremiah 6:26 calls for bitter mourning like for an only son over sudden destruction — same response to Judah's doom.
Jeremiah 9:10 takes up weeping and wailing over desolate landscapes — a similar lament over the land's ruin.
Jeremiah 9:18 asks for tears to flow without ceasing — parallels the bitter weeping for Judah's captivity here.
In Psalm 119:136, the psalmist sheds streams of tears over those who break God's law — same image of weeping for disobedience.
In Lamentations 1:16, the speaker’s eyes flow with tears over children desolate and the enemy prevailing — directly echoing Jeremiah’s lament.
In Luke 19:42, Jesus laments that Jerusalem did not know the way of peace — echoing Jeremiah’s weeping over a people who would not listen.
In Luke 19:41, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem — mirroring Jeremiah’s tears over the city’s coming judgment and rejection.
Ezekiel 24:16 forbids the prophet to mourn or weep for his wife, contrasting with Jeremiah's command to weep bitterly over the flock.
Philippians 3:18 has Paul weeping over enemies of the cross—mirrors Jeremiah's tears for the flock taken captive.
2 Corinthians 12:21 has Paul bewailing unrepentant sinners—direct parallel to Jeremiah's tears over the people's pride and captivity.
2 Kings 8:11 has Elisha weeping over future evil—prophetic grief very similar to Jeremiah's tears over the flock's coming captivity.
In Lamentations 3:48, 'my eyes flow with rivers of tears' over the people's destruction — a direct parallel to the bitter weeping here.
Isaiah 22:4 weeps bitterly over 'the destruction of the daughter of my people' — the same lament for Judah's fall.
Psalm 137:1 also depicts weeping over exile — but from the perspective of those already in Babylon, echoing Jeremiah's lament.
Ezra 10:1 shows Ezra weeping and the people weeping over unfaithfulness—same communal weeping over sin and exile as Jeremiah's tears.
In Lamentations 2:18, the prophet commands tears to stream like a torrent over Zion’s ruin — intensifying Jeremiah’s weeping.
Zechariah 10:2 says the people wander like sheep for lack of a shepherd — the same sheep metaphor for the captive flock wept over here.
In Lamentations 1:2, Jerusalem weeps bitterly with tears, friendless — a parallel personification of the same sorrow Jeremiah feels.
In Romans 9:2-4, Paul expresses great sorrow and anguish for his fellow Israelites — a parallel of heartfelt weeping for God’s people.
1 Corinthians 5:2 rebukes lack of mourning over sin—parallel to Jeremiah's weeping over pride and coming judgment.