Jeremiah 42:2
And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 21:2, King Zedekiah similarly asks Jeremiah to inquire of the Lord during a siege — same plea for intercession.
In Jeremiah 37:3, Zedekiah again sends messengers to ask Jeremiah to pray — nearly identical request.
Jeremiah 27:18 commands intercession for what remains—parallel to the people asking Jeremiah to intercede for the remnant.
Jeremiah 36:7 also mentions bringing a 'petition' before God in hopes of turning from wickedness—a similar plea for mercy.
In Ezekiel 5:3, the few hairs preserved symbolize the same remnant concept as this 'few'.
In Isaiah 37:4, Hezekiah asks Isaiah to pray for the remnant — a very similar situation of intercession for a threatened remnant.
In Exodus 8:28, Pharaoh asks Moses to pray for him after flies — a pagan king seeking prophetic intercession, mirroring the remnant's plea.
In Isaiah 1:9, the few survivors spared from total destruction parallel this remnant.
In Ezekiel 12:16, God leaves a few survivors to testify, directly paralleling this remnant's plea.
In 1 Kings 13:6, a king asks the man of God to pray for healing — a parallel request for prophetic prayer.
In 1 Samuel 12:23, Samuel vows to keep praying for Israel — a model of prophetic intercession that underlies the request here.
In 1 Samuel 12:19, the people ask Samuel to pray for them after their sin — echoes the remnant's plea for intercession.
In 1 Samuel 7:8, Israel asks Samuel to cry out to God for deliverance — direct parallel to the remnant's request for prayer.
In Exodus 9:28, Pharaoh asks Moses to pray after hail — same pattern of seeking intercession from God's prophet.
Amos 7:2 has the prophet pleading because Jacob is small—same theme of a small remnant and plea for mercy.
In Numbers 11:2, the people cry out and Moses prays—directly parallel to the remnant asking Jeremiah to pray for mercy.
Isaiah 30:2 shows people going to Egypt without asking God—opposite to seeking prayer here.
Isaiah 58:2 portrays a hypocritical seeking of God, contrasting the genuine plea for mercy here.
Isaiah 29:13 describes people honoring God with lips but hearts far away—contrasting the sincere request for prayer here.
In Isaiah 1:15, God refuses to hear prayers of the sinful — this contrasts with the hopeful plea, warning that prayer may be rejected.
Ezra 9:8 also speaks of a remnant left and a plea for mercy, echoing the situation of the small remnant here.
In 1 Kings 22:5, Jehoshaphat asks to inquire of the Lord through prophets, paralleling the remnant's request for prophetic intercession.
In Numbers 12:11, Aaron asks Moses to intercede after sin, similar to the remnant's plea for mercy through Jeremiah's prayer.
In Zechariah 13:8, a similar remnant theme emerges: two-thirds cut off, one-third left alive, echoing the 'few out of many' in Jeremiah's plea.
In 2 Chronicles 18:5, the king asks four hundred prophets for guidance, similar to the remnant seeking Jeremiah's intercession.
In Acts 8:24, Simon similarly asks Peter and John to pray for him—a plea for intercession echoing the remnant's request.
In James 5:16, the call to pray for one another reflects the same intercessory principle as the remnant's plea.