Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 5:11 provides the reason for the coming nation: Israel's utter treachery against God.
Jeremiah 25:9 identifies Nebuchadnezzar and northern tribes as the invaders, fulfilling the nation from afar in Jeremiah 5:15.
Jeremiah 1:15 specifies invading tribes from the north, exactly the nation from afar promised in Jeremiah 5:15.
Jeremiah 4:16 proclaims besiegers from a distant land, directly paralleling the nation from afar in Jeremiah 5:15.
Jeremiah 6:22 describes a great nation from the north, the same invasion threat as the nation from afar in Jeremiah 5:15.
Jeremiah 10:22 describes the same invasion from the north, making Judah a desolation — directly parallel.
Jeremiah 22:7 speaks of God preparing destroyers to cut down cedars — same judgment agents as in Jeremiah 5:15.
Deuteronomy 28:49 is the original curse Jeremiah echoes — the same 'nation from far away' with a foreign language.
In Habakkuk 1:5-10, God raises up the Chaldeans — the very same nation Jeremiah describes as coming from far with an unknown tongue.
In Daniel 2:38, Nebuchadnezzar is called the head of gold — further specifying the Babylonian kingdom as the nation Jeremiah warns about.
In Daniel 2:37, Nebuchadnezzar is declared king of the nation God raises up — directly identifying the Babylonian empire Jeremiah predicted.
Ezekiel 18:31 calls for repentance and a new heart, contrasting with the judgment announced in Jeremiah.
In Isaiah 33:19, the fierce people speak a deeper speech no one understands — mirroring Jeremiah's nation with an unknown language.
In Isaiah 28:11, God speaks through stammering lips and a foreign tongue — the same judgment motif of an unintelligible language.
Habakkuk 1:9 describes the Chaldeans coming for violence and taking captives — same violent nation.
Ezekiel 11:9 explicitly says God will give Israel into the hands of foreigners — parallel to the nation from afar.
Zechariah 7:14 describes the scattering among unknown nations, fulfilling the threat of invasion from a distant people in Jeremiah.
Amos 6:14 uses nearly identical phrasing: 'I will raise up a nation against you' — clear parallel.
Habakkuk 1:6 names the Chaldeans as 'that bitter and hasty nation' — specifying the nation from afar.
Isaiah 5:7 uses the vineyard metaphor to show Israel's failure to produce justice — the reason for judgment in Jeremiah.
Isaiah 42:24 attributes Israel's plunder to their sin, matching the judgment context of Jeremiah 5:15.
Isaiah 5:26 also describes God summoning a distant nation for judgment — a similar motif of a far-off invader.
In 1 Corinthians 14:21, Paul cites Isaiah 28:11 about foreign tongues as a sign — thematically linked to Jeremiah's foreign language judgment.