Jeremiah 38:22
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 38:4-6 narrates Jeremiah's feet sinking in mud; here the women's taunt uses that same 'mud' imagery against Zedekiah's friends.
In Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah sinks into literal mud; here the women use the same image figuratively for Zedekiah's entrapment.
In Jeremiah 38:19, Zedekiah's fear of defectors provides backdrop for the women's accusation that his trusted friends misled him.
Jeremiah 30:14 uses the same image of trusted friends abandoning — Israel's lovers forget them, mirroring Zedekiah's allies turning away.
Jeremiah 41:10 describes Ishmael taking captives including the king's daughters—similar to the women being brought out here, but after a different event.
Jeremiah 43:6 mentions the king's daughters being taken to Egypt—parallel to the women from the palace being led away, though the destination differs.
In Lamentations 1:2, Jerusalem's friends betray her, directly echoing the women's claim that Zedekiah's trusted friends misled him.
Obadiah 1:7 describes allies deceiving and overpowering Edom — a strong parallel to Zedekiah's trusted friends who misled him.
In Micah 7:5, a warning against trusting friends reinforces the specific betrayal Zedekiah experienced.
In Psalm 69:2, the psalmist sinks in miry depths — the same mud imagery used here for Zedekiah's helplessness.
In Psalm 69:14, a prayer for rescue from mire contrasts with Zedekiah's abandoned sinking here.