Jeremiah 23:9
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 5:31, false prophets prophesy falsely—the very cause of Jeremiah's anguish described here.
In Jeremiah 9:1, the prophet yearns for a fountain of tears to weep over the slain—matching his broken heart here.
Jeremiah 14:17 commands weeping night and day for the broken people, paralleling the lament here.
In Jeremiah 25:15-18, the cup of God's wrath makes nations stagger—using the same drunkenness imagery as Jeremiah's personal state.
Jeremiah 2:8 indicts prophets who prophesy by Baal — a parallel condemnation of false prophets as in 23:9.
Jeremiah 4:19 expresses physical anguish over judgment — parallels the broken heart and shaking in 23:9.
Jeremiah 10:21 condemns shepherds who fail to seek the LORD — a parallel critique of failed leaders.
In Isaiah 6:5, the prophet is undone by seeing God's holiness—paralleling Jeremiah's trembling at the Lord's words.
In Isaiah 29:9, people are drunk but not from wine—staggering from divine judgment, echoing Jeremiah's state.
In Isaiah 51:17, Jerusalem drinks the cup of staggering—a parallel image of divine judgment causing drunkenness.
In Habakkuk 3:16, the prophet's body trembles and bones quake at God's voice—directly mirroring Jeremiah's drunken shaking.
Ezekiel 9:4 describes those sighing over abominations—like Jeremiah's grief over false prophets here.
In Daniel 8:27, Daniel is sick and appalled by a vision—a parallel prophetic reaction of being overwhelmed by divine revelation.
Zephaniah 3:4 also indicts prophets for treachery and profaning holiness, echoing Jeremiah's lament over false prophets.
Micah 3:5 similarly condemns false prophets who lead people astray for personal gain, reinforcing Jeremiah's anguish.
Ezekiel 13:22 condemns false prophets for disheartening the righteous — directly parallel to the critique here.
Isaiah 9:15 condemns the prophet who teaches lies as the tail — directly reinforcing the same critique of false prophets.
Lamentations 3:15 uses bitterness and wormwood to express anguish, mirroring Jeremiah's drunkenness and shaking in 23:9.