Jeremiah 21:14

But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 52:13 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 52:13 records the actual burning of Jerusalem's buildings — the historical fulfillment of the prophesied fire devouring the 'forest'.

Jeremiah 32:19 repeats the same phrase 'according to the fruit of his deeds'.

Jeremiah 22:7 uses the same fire imagery for judgment against Judah's leaders, continuing the theme of destruction by fire.

Jeremiah 17:10 says God gives everyone 'according to the fruit of his deeds' — identical to this verse.

Jeremiah 50:32 applies the same 'kindle a fire... devour all around' formula to Babylon — a parallel judgment oracle against a different nation.

Jeremiah 17:27 threatens kindling a fire in Jerusalem's gates that devours palaces — an earlier parallel oracle with the same 'kindle fire' phrasing.

2 Chronicles 36:19 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Chronicles 36:19 describes the Babylonians burning the temple and palaces — another record of the fulfillment of this judgment.

Ezekiel 20:46-48 uses the same 'kindle a fire in the forest' judgment imagery against the south forest — a parallel oracle with identical language.

Zechariah 11:1 calls for fire to devour Lebanon's cedars — the same fire-consuming-forest judgment metaphor for Israel's leaders.

Isaiah 3:11 Parallel

Isaiah 3:11 echoes the same retributive principle: the wicked receive the reward of their deeds, matching Jeremiah's 'fruit of your doings'.

Isaiah 3:10 Contrast

Isaiah 3:10 applies the same 'fruit of their doings' to the righteous for blessing, while Jeremiah uses it for judgment — opposite outcomes from the same principle.

Lamentations 4:11 says God kindled a fire in Zion that devoured its foundations — a poetic reflection on the fulfilled judgment.

Ezekiel 20:47 repeats the fire kindled in the forest devouring green and dry trees — the same prophetic image used against the south.

Micah 7:13 Parallel

Micah 7:13 says the land is desolate 'for the fruit of their doings' — the same phrase linking punishment to deeds as in Jeremiah.

Isaiah 10:18 also depicts God burning a forest (Assyria's pride), similar to Jeremiah's fire in the forest judgment.

Galatians 6:7 states the universal principle of reaping what one sows, which underlies Jeremiah's specific judgment for deeds.

Galatians 6:8 expands on sowing and reaping: sowing to flesh yields corruption, similar to Jeremiah's punishment for evil deeds.

Isaiah 27:11 describes setting withered boughs on fire as judgment on a people without understanding, similar to Jeremiah's fire devouring the forest.

Isaiah 10:19 continues the forest destruction imagery, leaving few trees — parallels the consuming fire in Jeremiah.

Proverbs 1:31 says the wicked 'eat the fruit of their way' — a wisdom parallel to reaping deeds.