Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 6:14 shows false prophets promising peace — the very delusion that ignores the sudden destroyer warned about here.

Jeremiah 4:8 also commands sackcloth and wailing because of God's anger — a very close parallel to the call here.

Jeremiah 4:11 uses the same 'daughter of my people' address, warning of a scorching wind of judgment — reinforcing the calamity here.

Jeremiah 8:19 echoes 'daughter of my people' and the cry of distress, linking the mourning here to the people's desperate question.

Jeremiah 8:21 shows the prophet's personal grief over 'the daughter of my people' — the same anguish he calls for here.

Jeremiah 8:22 laments the inability to heal 'the daughter of my people' — connecting the mourning here to the unhealed wound.

Jeremiah 9:1 expresses the prophet's own weeping for 'the daughter of my people' — fulfilling the mourning call here with personal anguish.

Jeremiah 9:10 Related theme

Jeremiah 9:10 echoes this lamentation theme, weeping over the desolate land and pastures burning up.

Jeremiah 9:17-22 develops the same call for professional mourners and bitter wailing over coming destruction.

Jeremiah 13:17 expresses weeping and tears over Judah's captivity, continuing the lamentation tone.

Jeremiah 14:17 commands tears for the shattered 'virgin daughter of my people' — reinforcing the same mourning urged here.

Jeremiah 25:33 states the slain will not be mourned — contrasting sharply with the call to mourn in 6:26.

Jeremiah 25:34 calls shepherds to wail and roll in dust — similar imagery of mourning and ashes.

Jeremiah 49:3 commands sackcloth and lamentation for Ammon's destruction—the same ritual of mourning commanded here.

Ezekiel 27:30 uses the same imagery of wallowing in ashes and bitter wailing for Tyre's fall, mirroring the mourning over Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 7:16-18 describes survivors girding with sackcloth and shaving heads in mourning, identical imagery.

Isaiah 22:12 directly matches the call to weeping, mourning, baldness, and sackcloth as divine judgment.

Ezekiel 27:31 adds sackcloth and shaved heads to the lament over Tyre, repeating the mourning practices described here.

Micah 1:8-10 parallels this call to mourn with dust, wailing, and lamentation over Judah's incurable wound.

Zechariah 12:10 uses the same 'mourning for an only son' image for future repentance over the pierced one, echoing Jeremiah's lament.

Lamentations 3:48 says 'streams of tears flow because my people are destroyed' — a direct parallel to the bitter wailing.

Lamentations 1:16 continues the weeping over desolate children, matching the bitter lamentation theme.

Lamentations 1:2 depicts Jerusalem weeping bitterly with no comforter, aligning with the mourning here.

Isaiah 22:4 Parallel

In Isaiah 22:4, the same phrase 'daughter of my people' and bitter weeping over destruction reinforce the call to mourn.

Amos 8:10 Parallel

Amos 8:10 uses the exact same 'mourning for an only son' and sackcloth imagery—a parallel prophecy of judgment.

Lamentations 2:11 describes weeping and torment over the people's destruction, echoing Jeremiah's communal lament.

Micah 1:16 Parallel

In Micah 1:16, a similar call to mourn with shaved head for exiled children — both are prophetic laments over impending disaster.

James 4:9 Parallel

James 4:9 calls for mourning and weeping as a sign of repentance, paralleling Jeremiah's call to lament over judgment.

James 5:1 Parallel

James 5:1 warns the rich to weep for coming miseries, matching Jeremiah's urgent call to lament over imminent destruction.