Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 14:4 describes ground cracked for lack of rain, directly reflecting the withheld showers in Jeremiah 3:3.
Jeremiah 5:3 describes the people's stubborn refusal to repent, matching the shameless 'forehead of a whore' here.
Jeremiah 6:15 explicitly states they were not ashamed, directly echoing the shamelessness mentioned here.
Jeremiah 8:12 repeats the same indictment of no shame, reinforcing the people's unrepentant state.
Jeremiah 5:25 directly ties withheld rain to sin: 'Your iniquities have turned these away.' Strong causal link to the drought in 3:3.
Jeremiah 5:24 notes the people's failure to acknowledge God who gives rain, while this verse shows rain withheld due to unfaithfulness — both involve rain as covenant indicator.
Jeremiah 44:16 records the people's defiant refusal to listen, reflecting the stubbornness and lack of shame here.
Jeremiah 14:22 acknowledges God alone sends rain, while 3:3 shows rain withheld—both tie rain to divine action.
Hebrews 12:25 warns against refusing God who speaks, using Israel's refusal as a warning example.
Zechariah 7:12 says they made their hearts like adamant stone, reinforcing the spiritual hardness here.
Zechariah 7:11 describes Israel pulling away their shoulder and stopping their ears, paralleling the rebellious attitude here.
Haggai 1:11 calls for a drought on the land as judgment, paralleling the withheld showers here.
Amos 4:7 directly mentions God withholding rain as punishment, identical imagery to this verse.
Joel 1:16-20 describes a severe drought and crop failure as judgment, same theme of rain withheld.
Ezekiel 16:30-34 describes Jerusalem's prostitution as worse than a prostitute's, directly paralleling the 'whore's forehead' shamelessness here.
In Ezekiel 3:7, Israel's impudent and hardhearted nature echoes the shamelessness here, reinforcing their stubborn refusal.
Isaiah 5:6 also uses withheld rain as divine judgment for unfaithfulness, mirroring the drought here.
Nehemiah 9:17 recounts Israel's stubborn refusal to obey, echoing the hard-heartedness here.
Deuteronomy 28:23 curses with bronze heavens and iron earth, the same drought judgment as in Jeremiah 3:3.
Leviticus 26:19 pronounces the curse of 'heavens like iron' (no rain), which Jeremiah 3:3's drought fulfills.
In Isaiah 55:7, the wicked are called to forsake their ways and return — contrasting the persistent shamelessness in Jeremiah.
In Isaiah 48:4, God describes Israel's 'forehead of brass' — same image of hard, unashamed stubbornness as a brazen look.
Ezekiel 2:4 calls Israel 'impudent and stubborn'—the same shameless defiance described in 3:3 as 'forehead of a whore.'
In Isaiah 3:9, the look on their faces testifies against them — same idea of shameless public sin that refuses to hide.
In Proverbs 21:29, a wicked man puts on a bold face — the same Hebrew idiom for brazen shamelessness as 'brazen look'.
Joel 2:23 promises early and latter rain as blessing after repentance—opposite to the drought judgment in 3:3.
In Ezra 9:6, Ezra feels shame and cannot lift his face — contrasting Israel's brazen shamelessness in Jeremiah.
In Numbers 25:6, an Israelite openly brings a Midianite woman before the assembly — same brazen, public sexual sin that Jeremiah condemns.
In Genesis 39:7, Potiphar's wife tempts Joseph — a similar scenario of sexual temptation, but Joseph resists, contrasting Israel's shameless surrender.
Hosea 7:10 says pride testifies against Israel yet they do not seek God—mirroring the refusal to be ashamed in 3:3.