Jeremiah 14:16

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 2:17-19 explains that their own forsaking of God brought this punishment — the 'pour out their evil' is self-inflicted.

Jeremiah 4:18 states that their own ways brought this doom, reinforcing the causal link between sin and judgment in this verse.

Jeremiah 5:31 adds that the people love false prophecy, explaining why the wickedness pours out on them in 14:16 — they are complicit.

Jeremiah 7:33 describes the same fate: unburied bodies eaten by birds and beasts — directly echoing the judgment.

Jeremiah 9:22 uses the same image of unburied dead like dung on the field — reinforcing the humiliation of judgment.

Jeremiah 13:22-25 likewise connects their sins to being scattered and measured out punishment — same theme of deserved judgment.

Jeremiah 15:2 expands the fourfold judgment (pestilence, sword, famine, captivity) — paralleling the famine and sword in 14:16.

Jeremiah 15:3 names four destroyers including sword and beasts devouring — directly linked to the unburied bodies.

Jeremiah 16:4 repeats nearly identical language: sword, famine, unburied, eaten by birds and beasts.

Jeremiah 19:7 pronounces falling by sword and bodies given to birds and beasts — identical to the judgment.

Jeremiah 27:15 identifies false prophets as the cause — their lies lead to the destruction these people suffer.

Jeremiah 24:10 lists sword, famine, and pestilence — the same triad of judgments mentioned here (famine and sword).

Jeremiah 7:20 directly echoes the pouring out of wrath on this place, with the same imagery of judgment on Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 18:21 prays for famine and sword on enemies — similar judgments but as an imprecatory prayer.

Psalm 79:3 Allusion

Psalm 79:3 depicts the same scene — corpses unburied in Jerusalem — echoing the aftermath of judgment described here.

Psalm 79:2 Parallel

Psalm 79:3 laments unburied dead around Jerusalem — the same image of no one to bury as in Jeremiah 14:16.

In Lamentations 4:11, God's wrath is poured out on Jerusalem, consuming it with fire—a later description of the judgment prophesied here.

Hosea 4:5 Parallel

In Hosea 4:5, both prophet and people stumble and are destroyed—echoing the same principle that false leaders share in their followers' punishment.

Luke 6:39 Parallel

In Luke 6:39, Jesus teaches that blind guides lead followers into a pit—a NT parallel to false prophets leading people to destruction.

In Matthew 15:14, blind guides lead both to fall — a similar theme of deceptive leaders causing destruction found in Jeremiah 14:16.

Proverbs 1:31 Related theme

Proverbs 1:31 states the general principle of reaping consequences of one's own actions, which underlies the judgment described here.