Jeremiah 44:3
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 44:6 describes the outpouring of God's fury as the direct consequence of the idolatry in verse 3 — cause and effect.
Jeremiah 22:9 gives the same reason for Jerusalem's fall: forsaking God's covenant to worship other gods.
Jeremiah 2:17 states that forsaking the LORD brought disaster, the same cause Jeremiah 44:3 gives for Jerusalem's ruin.
Jeremiah 4:18 directly says their own deeds caused the calamity, reinforcing the cause-effect in 44:3.
Jeremiah 5:19 explains serving foreign gods leads to serving foreigners — the same consequence as the idolatry in 44:3.
Jeremiah 9:12-14 links forsaking the law and following Baalim to punishment, paralleling 44:3's idolatry.
Jeremiah 11:17 mentions offering incense to Baal to provoke God — almost identical language to 44:3.
Jeremiah 16:11 gives the same reason for judgment: forsaking God and serving other gods, matching 44:3.
Jeremiah 16:12 adds that this generation is worse than their fathers, intensifying the guilt in 44:3.
Jeremiah 7:9 includes the identical phrase 'other gods whom ye know not' in a list of covenant violations, paralleling this accusation.
Jeremiah 19:3 announces coming disaster on Jerusalem, echoing the judgment threatened in 44:3 for idolatry.
Jeremiah 4:17 shows rebellion bringing surrounding enemies, mirroring the judgment provoked by idolatry in 44:3.
Jeremiah 5:29 asks rhetorically if God will not punish such a nation, affirming the divine justice behind 44:3.
Ezekiel 8:17 describes Judah's abominations provoking God's anger, directly parallel to the idolatry in Jeremiah 44:3.
Deuteronomy 29:26 describes Israel's future idolatry using the same wording 'gods whom they knew not' — the very sin condemned here.
Ezekiel 8:18 describes God's furious judgment and refusal to hear, which follows the provocations in Jeremiah 44:3.
Ezekiel 9:9 declares the iniquity of Israel and Judah great, filled with violence, echoing the evil provoking God in Jeremiah 44:3.
Ezekiel 22:25-31 catalogues sins of all classes in Israel, including idolatry, that provoked God's wrath as in Jeremiah 44:3.
Lamentations 1:8 states that Jerusalem's grievous sin caused her removal, matching the cause-and-effect in Jeremiah 44:3.
Deuteronomy 32:17 also speaks of sacrificing to gods whom they knew not, reinforcing the charge of worshiping unfamiliar deities.
In Deuteronomy 13:6, the same phrase 'gods whom you have not known, you nor your fathers' appears in the law against being enticed to idolatry.
Ezra 9:6-11 confesses Israel's idolatry and intermarriage as sins that brought God's wrath, echoing Jeremiah's charge.
In Zechariah 7:12, the same hardened hearts and refusal to hear the law lead to God's wrath, echoing the provocation here.
Zechariah 7:13 shows that because they would not hear, God would not hear — a direct parallel to the rejection and judgment in this passage.