Jeremiah 2:6

Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 2:8 continues the indictment: Israel's priests, shepherds, and prophets also failed to seek the Lord, reinforcing their neglect of His guidance.

Jeremiah 2:2 recalls Israel's early wilderness devotion — contrasting with their later forgetfulness in verse 6.

Jeremiah 2:31 echoes the same wilderness imagery, asking if God was a land of thick darkness to Israel, reinforcing their ingratitude.

Hosea 13:4 Parallel

Hosea 13:4 declares the LORD alone as God from Egypt — reinforcing the exclusive claim ignored in Jeremiah 2:6.

Deuteronomy 8:14-16 warns against forgetting God's wilderness guidance — the very sin Jeremiah 2:6 condemns.

Deuteronomy 32:10 describes God's protective care in the desert waste — the same wilderness where Jeremiah 2:6 says He led them.

Judges 6:13 Parallel

Judges 6:13 has Gideon lamenting God's abandonment and questioning His deliverance, echoing Israel's forgetfulness of the exodus in this verse.

Job 35:10 Parallel

Job 35:10 says 'none says, Where is God my Maker?' — the same pattern of failing to seek God for deliverance and joy.

Isaiah 63:9 Parallel

Isaiah 63:9 echoes God's compassionate care during the wilderness — exactly what Jeremiah 2:6 says Israel failed to remember.

Isaiah 63:11-13 asks 'Where is he who brought them up?' — the same question Jeremiah 2:6 says Israel never asked.

Hosea 13:5 Parallel

Hosea 13:5 echoes God's intimate knowledge of Israel in the wilderness, the same period of leading and provision.

Exodus 15:13 celebrates God's loving guidance through the wilderness, contrasting with the people's ingratitude described here.

Deuteronomy 8:15 adds details of serpents and drought, highlighting the dangers God led them through in the same wilderness.

Deuteronomy 1:19 describes the same wilderness as 'great and terrifying', directly paralleling the harsh landscape recalled here.

Numbers 20:5 records complaints about lack of water, illustrating the ingratitude and distrust this verse laments.

Exodus 16:3 Parallel

Exodus 16:3 shows the Israelites grumbling about food, exemplifying the forgetfulness of God's provision that Jeremiah condemns.

Isaiah 64:7 Parallel

Isaiah 64:7 laments that no one calls on God's name — just as Jeremiah 2:6 condemns Israel for not asking 'Where is the LORD?'