Jeremiah 9:21

For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 6:11 uses identical language of pouring wrath on children in streets and young men, showing a consistent theme of judgment on the young.

Jeremiah 11:22 explicitly states young men die by sword and children by famine—mirroring the cutting off of children and young men.

Jeremiah 18:21 also calls for children to be given to famine and young men slain by sword—directly parallel.

Jeremiah 44:7 uses the same 'cut off' language for man, woman, infant, child—mirroring the cutting off of children and young men.

Jeremiah 49:26 says young men shall fall in the streets—directly matching the children in streets and young men in squares.

In Jeremiah 50:30, Babylon's young men also fall in the streets, mirroring the same judgment imagery.

Jeremiah 51:3 commands not to spare Babylon's young men, echoing the cutting off of young men in 9:21.

Jeremiah 6:5 describes enemies attacking palaces by night, the same palaces death enters in 9:21.

Jeremiah 6:21 warns that fathers and sons will perish together—similar to cutting off children and young men.

Jeremiah 15:7 describes bereaving children as divine winnowing, paralleling the cutting off of children from the streets.

Jeremiah 18:22 pictures a sudden raid causing cries from houses—similar to death entering palaces without warning.

2 Chronicles 36:17 Historical context

2 Chronicles 36:17 records the actual slaughter of young men by Babylon, fulfilling the threat of death entering palaces.

Ezekiel 9:6 Parallel

Ezekiel 9:6 explicitly includes young men and children among those killed, directly mirroring the cutting off of children and young men.

Lamentations 1:20 describes the sword bereaving in streets and death in houses, directly echoing 9:21's windows and palaces.

Lamentations 2:21 says young and old lie in streets, fallen by sword — identical to the young men cut off in 9:21.

Joel 2:9 Parallel

In Joel 2:9, invaders entering through windows mirror death climbing in, reinforcing the image of inescapable judgment.

Deuteronomy 32:25 echoes the same dual threat of sword and terror, affecting young and old alike—inside and outside.

Ezekiel 21:14 depicts a sword of great slaughter, aligning with the deadly invasion described in Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 21:15 mentions the sword against gates, similar to death entering windows and palaces in Jeremiah.

Hosea 9:13 Parallel

Hosea 9:13 says Ephraim leads children to slaughter, paralleling the cutting off of children and young men in 9:21.

Amos 8:3 Parallel

Amos 8:3 describes many bodies flung everywhere after judgment, echoing the death and devastation Jeremiah depicts.

Zephaniah 1:17 portrays judgment with graphic detail—including entrails like dung—parallel to the death entering in Jeremiah.