Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 13:16 warns of stumbling in darkness as judgment, mirroring the same imagery of God laying stumblingblocks in 6:21.

Jeremiah 13:14 also speaks of dashing parents and children together — reinforces the same judgment promise here.

Isaiah 8:14 Parallel

Isaiah 8:14 presents God as a stone of stumbling, a parallel image to Jeremiah's stumblingblocks laid by God for judgment.

Lamentations 2:20–22 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 2:20-22 depicts the horror of siege with children and parents dying together — fulfills the judgment announced here.

Ezekiel 3:20 uses the exact phrase 'lay a stumblingblock' when God leads a righteous man astray, matching Jeremiah's wording and judgment theme.

Ezekiel 5:10 intensifies familial judgment — parents and children eat each other, a worse fate than simply stumbling.

Ezekiel 9:5-7 orders slaughter of all ages — parallels the comprehensive death of parents and children here.

Romans 9:33 Allusion

Romans 9:33 quotes Isaiah about a stumbling stone in Zion, connecting Jeremiah's stumblingblocks as a pattern fulfilled in Christ.

Romans 11:9 Allusion

Romans 11:9 quotes Psalm 69:22 using 'stumblingblock' imagery, echoing Jeremiah's theme of God placing obstacles that cause Israel to fall.

Deuteronomy 32:35 declares God's vengeance when their foot slips — directly echoes the stumbling block judgment here.

1 Peter 2:8 Citation

1 Peter 2:8 applies the 'stone of stumbling' to Christ; both verses depict God setting a cause for people to fall, though with different subjects.