Jeremiah 15:7

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 51:2 sends 'winnowers' against Babylon, using the same metaphor of judgment by winnowing applied to Israel here.

Jeremiah 18:21 prays for children to be given to famine and sword — a specific imprecation that echoes the bereavement of this verse.

Jeremiah 5:3 explicitly states the people refused to repent, mirroring 'they did not turn from their ways' in the main verse.

Jeremiah 8:5 says the people 'refuse to return', directly echoing the lack of turning in the main verse.

Jeremiah 4:11 presents a wind 'not to winnow or cleanse,' contrasting with God's actual winnowing of His people here.

Jeremiah 4:12 describes a wind 'too strong for' winnowing, contrasting with the deliberate winnowing fork used here.

Jeremiah 9:21 describes death entering to cut off children — the same bereavement theme as the winnowing judgment here.

Deuteronomy 28:32 Historical context

Deuteronomy 28:32 warns of sons and daughters given to other nations — matching the bereavement and scattering in Jeremiah.

Matthew 3:12 picks up the winnowing fork image for John the Baptist's warning of final separation of wheat and chaff.

Amos 4:10 Parallel

Amos 4 repeatedly says 'yet you did not return to me' after judgments, matching the winnowing without repentance.

Hosea 9:12-17 says God will bereave them until none left and they become wanderers — nearly identical language of judgment.

Isaiah 9:13 Parallel

Isaiah 9:13 notes the people did not turn to the one who struck them, identical to the unrepentant response in Jeremiah.

Deuteronomy 28:41 Historical context

Deuteronomy 28:41 says children will go into captivity — another covenant curse fulfilled in this judgment.

Deuteronomy 28:18 Historical context

Deuteronomy 28:18 curses the fruit of the womb — the covenant basis for the child-loss judgment Jeremiah pronounces.

Ezekiel 36:12 promises the land will no longer bereave them of children, contrasting the judgment of bereavement in Jeremiah.

Luke 3:17 Allusion

Luke 3:17 uses the same winnowing fork imagery for Christ's final judgment, drawing on the OT metaphor.

Isaiah 41:16 uses the same winnowing metaphor, but there Israel winnows enemies rather than being judged — a reversal of roles.

Ezekiel 24:25 also describes God taking away sons and daughters in judgment, paralleling the bereavement in Jeremiah.

Zechariah 1:4 recalls ancestors who refused to return from evil ways, paralleling the persistent unrepentance.

Psalm 1:4 Related theme

Psalm 1:4 compares the wicked to 'chaff that the wind drives away,' sharing the winnowing imagery of judgment seen here.