Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 25:11 extends the desolation to the whole land and adds the seventy-year exile timeline.

Jeremiah 51:37 applies the same 'heap of ruins, haunt of jackals' judgment imagery to Babylon, mirroring Jerusalem's fate.

Jeremiah 34:22 repeats the same judgment: cities of Judah made desolate without inhabitant, reinforcing the certainty of the prophecy.

Jeremiah 25:18 explicitly lists Jerusalem and Judah as made a desolation and waste, using the same language.

Jeremiah 10:22 similarly warns of Babylon making Judah's cities desolate, a haunt of jackals — a direct parallel within Jeremiah.

In Jeremiah 2:15, lions have laid waste cities and made them desolate — the same imagery of desolation applied to Israel’s cities.

Jeremiah 22:6 declares that the king's house will become a wilderness, an uninhabited city, matching the desolation here.

Jeremiah 18:16 says the land will become a horror and a hissing, reinforcing the desolate ruin described here.

Jeremiah 12:11 echoes this desolation, adding that the whole land is made desolate but no one lays it to heart.

Jeremiah 7:20 describes God's wrath poured out on the land, causing the desolation prophesied here.

In Jeremiah 6:8, God warns of making Jerusalem desolate and uninhabited — the same threat of desolation that 9:11 pronounces as fulfilled.

In Jeremiah 4:7, a lion leaves his lair to lay waste the land, making cities desolate without inhabitant — nearly identical phrasing to 9:11.

Jeremiah 1:15 Historical context

In Jeremiah 1:15, northern kingdoms are summoned to besiege Jerusalem — the cause of the desolation described in 9:11.

Jeremiah 44:2 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 44:2 confirms that Jerusalem and Judah's cities are a desolation with no one dwelling, exactly as prophesied here.

Jeremiah 49:33 uses the same phrase 'haunt of jackals' for Hazor, applying the same judgment imagery to another city.

Revelation 18:2 describes Babylon as a haunt for demons, echoing the OT judgment imagery of desolation and jackals.

Lamentations 2:2 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 2:2 describes the actual destruction of Judah's habitations, fulfilling the desolation prophesied here.

Micah 3:12 Parallel

Micah 3:12 also prophesies Jerusalem becoming a heap of rubble, directly paralleling this judgment.

Isaiah 13:22 uses jackals inhabiting ruins as imagery for Babylon's fall, echoing the same desolation motif.

Psalm 79:1 Parallel

Psalm 79:1 similarly laments Jerusalem reduced to ruins by invaders, echoing the judgment scene.

Isaiah 44:26 promises the opposite: Jerusalem shall be inhabited and ruins rebuilt, offering hope after judgment.

Malachi 1:3 Allusion

Malachi 1:3 uses the same phrase 'dragons of the wilderness' for Edom's waste, linking to Jeremiah's imagery for Judah.

Joshua 8:28 Parallel

In Joshua 8:28, Ai is made a permanent heap of ruins — the same Hebrew phrase (tel) Jeremiah uses for Jerusalem’s fate.

Lamentations 1:1 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 1:1 describes Jerusalem deserted and widowed, fulfilling Jeremiah's prophecy of desolation.

Lamentations 1:4 shows Zion's festivals ceasing and gates desolate, echoing the judgment Jeremiah pronounced.

Lamentations 5:18 directly echoes Jeremiah's image of jackals prowling on desolate Mount Zion, confirming fulfillment.

Ezekiel 6:6 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:6 echoes the same desolation of cities and high places, reinforcing the total judgment on Israel's idolatry.

Ezekiel 33:28 uses nearly identical language: land most desolate, none passing through, directly reinforcing Jeremiah's prophecy.

Lamentations 2:8 Historical context

Lamentations 2:8 describes God systematically destroying Jerusalem's walls, echoing the desolation prophecy.

In Leviticus 26:32, God threatens to lay waste the land as a covenant curse — the same desolation judgment Jeremiah later applies to Jerusalem.

Micah 1:6 Parallel

Micah 1:6 uses the same 'heap of rubble' imagery for Samaria's judgment, similar to Jerusalem's fate here.

Lamentations 2:7 Historical context

Lamentations 2:7 details the destruction of the sanctuary and temple, part of the same judgment on Jerusalem.

Isaiah 34:13 depicts Edom as a haunt for jackals, using the same desolation imagery as Jerusalem's judgment.

In Isaiah 24:12, the city is left in ruins with gates battered into pieces — a parallel image of urban desolation in God’s judgment.

Micah 6:16 Parallel

Micah 6:16 uses similar desolation language for disobedience, linking covenant curse to sin.

Zephaniah 1:13 describes houses built but not inhabited, concretizing the desolation Jeremiah foretold.

Isaiah 25:2 Parallel

Isaiah 25:2 uses the same 'heap of rubble' imagery for a foreign city's judgment, paralleling the desolation language.