Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 30:15 asks why cry over a pain with no cure — reinforcing the theme of hopeless suffering shared with the nation.
Jeremiah 30:12 uses the exact same phrase 'incurable wound' for Israel's distress, mirroring Jeremiah's personal lament.
Jeremiah 20:7 accuses God of deceiving him, directly echoing the 'deceptive brook' complaint in his lament.
Jeremiah 1:18 promises he will be a fortified city — a direct contrast to his later despair of being a broken, deceptive brook.
Jeremiah 1:19 assures he will not be overcome, contrasting sharply with his feeling of being deceived and left helpless.
In Jeremiah 14:19, the people ask why there is no healing — Jeremiah asks why his wound is incurable; both lament unhealed suffering.
Job 6:15-20 compares friends to a deceptive wadi that disappears, exactly the same metaphor as Jeremiah's 'spring that fails'.
Lamentations 3 describes a man afflicted by God's rod, in darkness, with no relief — echoing Jeremiah's own incurable wound and broken trust.
Job 34:6 mentions an 'incurable wound' despite innocence, directly paralleling Jeremiah's complaint of undeserved suffering.
In Psalm 13:1-2, David asks how long God will forget him — Jeremiah feels God has become like a failing stream; both feel abandoned.
In Job 14:11, the image of waters drying up directly parallels Jeremiah's 'deceitful brook'—a shared metaphor for vanished hope.
In Psalm 77:8, the psalmist questions if God's promises have ceased, akin to Jeremiah asking if God is like a failing brook.
In Numbers 11:15, Moses asks for death due to misery, echoing Jeremiah's despair over unending pain.
Micah 1:9 calls Samaria's wound incurable, extending the metaphor to national judgment — a broader context than Jeremiah's personal pain.
In Psalm 13:2, the psalmist laments prolonged sorrow, similar to Jeremiah's perpetual pain and unanswered plea.
In Psalm 6:3, the psalmist asks 'how long?' — Jeremiah asks 'why is my pain perpetual?' both cry out in prolonged distress.
In Job 30:26, he looked for good but got evil, mirroring Jeremiah's expectation of healing that never comes.
In Numbers 11:11, Moses similarly questions God's treatment of him, sharing the same lament form about burden and suffering.
In Psalm 73:14, Asaph complains of being stricken all day long, matching Jeremiah's sense of unrelenting affliction.