Jeremiah 4:7
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 50:17 identifies the lions as Assyria and Babylon, explicitly naming Nebuchadnezzar as the one who broke Israel's bones.
Jeremiah 49:19 uses the identical 'lion from the thicket' metaphor for judgment on Edom, echoing the divine warrior imagery.
Jeremiah 50:44 repeats the lion-from-thicket oracle; now the lion represents judgment against Babylon itself.
Jeremiah 2:15 uses the same lion roaring and laying waste imagery, reinforcing the metaphor within Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 5:6 uses the same lion imagery for judgment — a lion, wolf, and leopard strike because of apostasy, echoing the destroyer from 4:7.
Jeremiah 34:22 repeats the judgment: cities made desolate without inhabitant, confirming the same oracle.
Jeremiah 9:11 echoes the same desolation: cities made ruins without inhabitant, reinforcing the judgment theme.
Jeremiah 33:10 references the same desolation but promises restoration, contrasting judgment with hope.
Jeremiah 25:9 explicitly names Nebuchadnezzar as God's servant bringing destruction, identifying the lion.
Jeremiah 25:38 also pictures God (or the oppressor) leaving like a lion — the same metaphor for divine judgment and abandonment.
Jeremiah 26:9 cites the identical phrase 'desolate, without inhabitant' as people challenge Jeremiah's prophecy.
Jeremiah 27:8 warns that refusing to serve Nebuchadnezzar brings destruction, matching the lion's role as God's agent.
Jeremiah 22:7 says God prepares destroyers to cut down cedars, mirroring the destroyer from the thicket in 4:7.
Jeremiah 44:2 reports the desolation of Jerusalem as a past event, exactly what was prophesied here.
In Jeremiah 5:17, this same enemy devours everything—harvest, children, flocks—fulfilling the lion's destruction described here.
2 Kings 25:1 recounts Nebuchadnezzar's final siege of Jerusalem, fulfilling the lion making the land a waste.
Ezekiel 21:19-21 shows Nebuchadnezzar at a crossroads divining to attack Jerusalem, the lion's destructive path.
Ezekiel 26:7-8 describes Nebuchadnezzar besieging Tyre, the same destroyer of nations from the north.
Daniel 7:4's first beast like a lion is widely understood as Babylon, the same lion-power from Jeremiah 4:7.
Isaiah 5:9 foretells houses desolate and without inhabitant, a parallel prophecy of divine judgment.
Isaiah 1:7 describes land desolate and cities burned by foreigners, mirroring the judgment in Jeremiah.
2 Kings 24:1 records Nebuchadnezzar's first invasion and Jehoiakim's submission, fulfilling the lion's advance from the north.
Isaiah 5:29 describes the Assyrian army roaring like lions and seizing prey, directly paralleling Jeremiah's lion imagery.
In Ezekiel 7:24, God brings the worst of nations to take possession, echoing the foreign destroyer coming to waste the land.
Ezekiel 21:31 speaks of delivering into the hands of brutish men skillful to destroy, same agent of judgment as the lion.
Habakkuk 1:9 describes the Babylonian army's violent advance — the same destroyer from the north Jeremiah warns about.
Ezekiel 30:10 names Nebuchadnezzar as God's agent to destroy Egypt, similar to the 'destroyer of nations' in Jeremiah.
Ezekiel 30:11 describes the ruthless army destroying the land, matching the lion/destroyer imagery.