Jeremiah 9:13

And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 22:9 gives the same explanation for judgment: forsaking the covenant and serving other gods — directly reinforcing the reason here.

Deuteronomy 31:16 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 31:16 predicts Israel will forsake God and break the covenant — Jeremiah 9:13 describes that very forsaking as now fulfilled.

Deuteronomy 31:17 spells out the consequence of forsaking God — His anger and hidden face — which matches the judgment backdrop in Jeremiah.

2 Chronicles 7:19 warns of forsaking God's commands and serving other gods — the very sin Jeremiah cites as the cause of ruin.

Ezra 9:10 Parallel

Ezra 9:10 confesses the same sin of forsaking God's commands — affirming that Jeremiah's diagnosis applied to later generations.

Psalm 89:30 Parallel

Psalm 89:30 mentions forsaking God's law as a covenantal breach — here that breach is identified as Israel's actual sin leading to judgment.

Psalm 119:53 expresses horror at those who forsake God's law — Jeremiah 9:13 gives the prophetic reason for why that horror is justified.

Proverbs 28:4 says those who forsake the law praise the wicked — Jeremiah 9:13 identifies this forsaking as the cause of the land's ruin.

Judges 6:10 Parallel

In Judges 6:10, God reminds Israel not to worship Amorite gods, but they did not listen—same pattern of disobedience as here.

Zephaniah 3:1-6 describes a rebellious city that refuses correction — a broader parallel to the disobedience and forsaking of God's law in Jeremiah.