Jeremiah 50:33
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 50:18 continues the same judgment: God will punish Babylon for oppressing Israel, just as He punished Assyria.
In Jeremiah 50:17, Israel is a scattered flock chased by lions — expands on the oppression and captivity described.
In Jeremiah 50:7, enemies devour Israel and claim innocence — explains the oppression mentioned here.
In Jeremiah 50:4, the same people group comes together seeking God, contrasting their current oppression with future restoration.
Jeremiah 51:34-36 describes Babylon devouring Israel and God's promise to avenge, directly echoing the oppression.
In Jeremiah 51:24, God repays Babylon for evil done in Zion, connecting directly to the oppression of Israel.
Jeremiah 30:20 says God will punish all who oppress them — a direct answer to the oppression described here.
Jeremiah 30:16 promises that those who devour Israel will be devoured — a reversal of the captivity in this verse.
Jeremiah 29:14 promises to turn away captivity and gather them — the restoration that follows the oppression here.
In Jeremiah 51:1, God stirs up a destroyer against Babylon—the oppressor—showing the judgment that follows the captivity described.
In Jeremiah 51:36, God pleads Israel's cause and takes vengeance, a direct response to their oppression here.
In Jeremiah 51:49, Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, explicitly linking the captivity to Babylon's downfall.
Jeremiah 30:7 calls this 'the time of Jacob's trouble' but promises salvation — a specific reference to the distress here.
Isaiah 47:6 says Babylon showed no mercy to God's people, intensifying the portrait of harsh oppression.
Isaiah 51:23 describes tormentors humiliating Israel, illustrating the same oppressive treatment.
Isaiah 58:6 commands releasing the oppressed—the opposite of the captors' refusal to let go in Jeremiah.
Isaiah 14:17 accuses Babylon of refusing to release prisoners, matching the oppression described here.
Exodus 9:17 rebukes Pharaoh for exalting himself by not letting Israel go—mirroring the captors' arrogant refusal.
Exodus 9:2 repeats the warning of refusal and holding them still—directly echoing Jeremiah's 'held them fast, refused to let go'.
Exodus 5:2 records Pharaoh's refusal to let Israel go—the archetypal 'refuse to let them go' that Jeremiah's captors replicate.
Zechariah 1:15 says nations exceeded God's anger by over-oppressing Israel, aligning with Babylon refusing to release them.
Exodus 3:9 records God seeing the oppression of Israel—the same cry that Jeremiah shows continuing.
In Habakkuk 2:8, Babylon will be plundered because they plundered many nations—directly echoing their oppression of Israel.
Isaiah 49:25 promises captives will be taken from the mighty and God will contend with their oppressors — a direct promise for this situation.
Isaiah 47:4 identifies the LORD of hosts as Israel's redeemer — the one who will act against their captors.
Proverbs 23:11 declares the redeemer is mighty and will plead their cause — a direct answer to the oppression in this verse.
Exodus 1:14 describes the bitter bondage of Israel—the original oppression that Jeremiah's verse recalls.
Isaiah 52:4-6 recalls past oppressions by Egypt and Assyria, placing this Babylonian oppression in a broader pattern.
Isaiah 49:24-26 promises God will rescue captives from the mighty, answering the refusal to let them go.
In Micah 7:9, bearing indignation until God pleads his cause parallels Israel's suffering and later vindication, albeit from sin.
In Micah 7:10, the enemy's shame when God vindicates his people mirrors the fate of Babylon that oppresses Israel.
Deuteronomy 30:7 promises God will put curses on those who persecute Israel — the same oppressors who hold them fast here.
Zechariah 1:16 promises God's mercy and restoration to Jerusalem after the oppression, showing the outcome.