Jeremiah 32:18

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 31:35 repeats 'the LORD of hosts is his name', exactly as in 32:18, linking covenant and creation.

Jeremiah 10:16 contains the identical phrase 'the LORD of hosts is his name', reinforcing God's sovereign identity.

Jeremiah 10:6 echoes the same praise: 'There is none like you, O LORD; you are great' — reinforcing the uniqueness and might of God's name.

Exodus 34:7 Allusion

Exodus 34:7 is the source Jeremiah cites: God shows love to thousands yet punishes children for parents' sin.

In Matthew 23:32-36, Jesus says the blood of all martyrs will come on that generation, directly applying the principle of accumulated guilt on children.

Psalm 145:3-6 echoes the same praise of God's greatness and mighty acts, using similar language to Jeremiah's declaration.

In Nehemiah 1:5, the phrase 'great and awesome God' who keeps covenant love echoes Jeremiah's language and attributes.

1 Kings 14:9 records Jeroboam's evil and the resulting disaster on his house, exemplifying punishment on descendants.

2 Samuel 21:1-9 shows Saul's sin leading to his descendants being killed, a narrative example of the same principle.

Joshua 7:24-26 illustrates the principle: Achan's sin brings punishment on his entire family, showing generational consequences.

In Deuteronomy 10:17, God is described as 'great, mighty, and awesome' with justice—a very close verbal parallel to Jeremiah's praise.

Deuteronomy 7:10 describes repayment to those who hate God, complementing the love and punishment theme.

Deuteronomy 7:9 emphasizes God's covenant love to a thousand generations, mirroring the first half of verse 18.

Deuteronomy 5:10 provides the counterpart: God's love to thousands who love Him, balancing the punishment.

Deuteronomy 5:9 is the Ten Commandments' warning of punishment on children for parents' sin, directly echoed here.

Numbers 14:18 repeats the same formula of love and generational punishment from the wilderness tradition.

Exodus 20:5 Allusion

Exodus 20:5 is the original law where God visits iniquity on children — Jeremiah directly cites this attribute of God's justice.

Psalm 79:12 Allusion

Psalm 79:12 uses the same 'into their bosom' imagery for divine recompense as Jeremiah does for iniquity.

Psalm 103:8 Parallel

Psalm 103:8 proclaims God's mercy and lovingkindness, matching the 'lovingkindness unto thousands' in Jeremiah.

Deuteronomy 3:24 speaks of God's 'greatness' and 'mighty hand', paralleling the description in Jeremiah.

In 1 Kings 16:1-3, God's judgment against Baasha's house exemplifies His promise to punish sins across generations.

In 1 Kings 21:21-24, God's sentence on Ahab's dynasty shows the same principle of visiting fathers' sins on children.

In Matthew 27:25, the crowd invites the curse 'on us and our children,' mirroring the consequence Jeremiah attributes to God's justice.