Jeremiah 19:7

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 34:20 again promises corpses as food for birds and beasts—identical language to the curse.

Jeremiah 22:25 Historical context

Jeremiah 22:25 specifies being handed over to Nebuchadnezzar — the same enemy power that executes the judgment in this verse.

Jeremiah 18:21 prays for the sword and famine on enemies — the very judgments God declares here against Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 16:4 repeats the exact phrase about corpses as food for birds and beasts—a recurring motif.

Jeremiah 7:33 uses identical imagery of corpses as food for birds and beasts—a repeated judgment oracle.

Jeremiah 14:16 also mentions corpses unburied in streets from sword and famine — nearly identical judgment scene.

Jeremiah 46:26 uses the same phrase 'give into the hand of those who seek their lives' for Egypt — echoing the judgment formula applied to Judah here.

Jeremiah 22:19 depicts a donkey's burial—similar dishonorable treatment of a corpse after judgment.

Jeremiah 9:22 says dead bodies fall like dung unburied—same theme of ignominious death after judgment.

Jeremiah 8:2 describes unburied corpses spread like dung—similar dishonor but different specific image.

Revelation 19:18-21 depicts birds feasting on flesh of the slain — echoes the same grisly imagery of divine judgment.

Isaiah 30:1-3 similarly condemns human counsel not from God — their plans will fail as God opposes them.

Isaiah 8:10 Parallel

Isaiah 8:10 says human counsel will come to nothing because God is with us—directly parallel to God making void counsel in 19:7.

Proverbs 21:30 states no counsel can avail against the LORD—the principle behind God voiding Judah's counsel in 19:7.

Psalm 79:3 Parallel

Psalm 79:3 describes unburied dead around Jerusalem — the same image of corpses left without burial as judgment.

Psalm 33:11 Contrast

Psalm 33:11 contrasts that God's counsel stands forever while human counsel is made void, as in 19:7.

Psalm 33:10 Parallel

Psalm 33:10 says the LORD frustrates the plans of the peoples—directly parallel to God making void the counsel of Judah in 19:7.

Job 5:13 Parallel

In Job 5:13, God catches the wise in their own craftiness—a further specification of frustrating human plans, echoing God voiding Judah's counsel in 19:7.

Job 5:12 Parallel

Job 5:12 declares God frustrates the devices of the crafty—the same divine action as 'making void the counsel of Judah' in 19:7.

Deuteronomy 28:26 is the source of this curse—Jeremiah directly applies the covenant threat to Judah.

Psalm 79:2 Parallel

Psalm 79:2 laments the same fate for God's servants—showing this judgment was historically fulfilled.

Deuteronomy 28:25 similarly threatens defeat before enemies, reinforcing the covenant curse context.

Leviticus 26:17 warns of falling before enemies—part of the covenant curses Jeremiah applies here.

Lamentations 3:37 Related theme

Lamentations 3:37 affirms that nothing happens unless God commands it — reinforcing the certainty of the judgment decreed here.