Jeremiah 44:4
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 7:13, God says He spoke 'rising up early' but they did not hear — the same motif of persistent prophetic warning here.
Jeremiah 7:25 also mentions sending prophets 'daily rising up early' — emphasizing God's repeated appeals to repent.
Jeremiah 25:3 uses the same 'rising early and speaking' phrase, showing this is a consistent theme in Jeremiah's ministry.
In Jeremiah 25:4, the same phrase 'rising early and sending' appears, underscoring God's persistent prophetic warnings.
In Jeremiah 26:5, God again says He sent prophets 'rising up early' — a repeated refrain of unheeded warnings.
In Jeremiah 29:19, the same language of sending prophets 'rising up early' is used to indict those who would not hear.
In Jeremiah 32:33, God says He taught them 'rising up early' — parallel persistent effort though teaching rather than sending prophets.
Jeremiah 35:15 uses nearly identical language about sending prophets early and often yet the people did not listen, a close parallel.
In Jeremiah 35:17, God declares He spoke and called but they did not answer — echoes the rejected prophetic warnings of 44:4.
Ezekiel 16:47 describes Jerusalem committing abominations worse than Sodom—echoing the same 'abominable thing' God hates in Jeremiah's warning.
In 2 Chronicles 36:15, God sent messengers 'rising up betimes' — same idiom of persistent warning out of compassion.
In Matthew 23:37, Jesus laments Jerusalem's rejection of prophets, echoing God's lament in Jeremiah over the same stubbornness.
Deuteronomy 16:22 says the LORD hates idolatrous pillars—using 'hate' just as Jeremiah says God hates the abominable thing.
In Mark 12:2, the owner sending a servant to the vineyard parallels God sending prophets to Israel in Jeremiah.
In Mark 12:3, the beating of the servant parallels the mistreatment of God's prophets in Jeremiah.
In Luke 13:34, Jesus' lament over Jerusalem killing prophets mirrors God's lament in Jeremiah.
In Luke 20:10, the parable's servant being beaten parallels the rejection of prophets sent by God in Jeremiah.
In Romans 10:21, Paul quotes God's outstretched hands to a disobedient people — reflecting the same divine patience and human rejection as in Jeremiah.
In 2 Corinthians 5:20, Paul describes ambassadors through whom God makes his appeal — echoing the prophetic sending in Jeremiah.
In Zechariah 1:4, God's complaint about fathers ignoring former prophets directly parallels the repeated sending of prophets in Jeremiah.
Daniel 9:6 confesses they did not hearken to God's servants the prophets, a later acknowledgment of the very rejection warned against.
Ezekiel 3:7 says Israel will not hearken to Ezekiel because they are hardhearted toward God, reflecting the same stubbornness.
2 Chronicles 33:10 reports that God spoke to Manasseh and the people but they would not listen, matching the rejection of prophets here.
2 Chronicles 24:19 records God sending prophets who were ignored, directly mirroring the pattern of rejection in Jeremiah.
2 Kings 17:15 recounts Israel rejecting God's commands and following heathen practices—the very rebellion Jeremiah's warning addresses.
1 Kings 21:26 describes Ahab doing 'very abominably' by following idols—the same abominable idolatry God warns against in Jeremiah.
Leviticus 18:24 warns against defiling with abominations like the nations cast out—directly parallel to God's call to avoid the abominable thing.
Revelation 17:4 depicts Babylon's cup full of 'abominations'—the same term used for the idolatry God hates in Jeremiah.
Revelation 17:5 calls Babylon 'mother of abominations'—echoing the abominable idolatry condemned in Jeremiah's warning.
In Zechariah 8:17, the phrase 'things that I hate' echoes God's abhorrence of abominable practices in Jeremiah.