Jeremiah related passages

Within the Bible

• Previous: Isaiah proclaimed judgment and comfort a century before; Jeremiah takes up the same message in Judah’s final decades, warning of the exile Isaiah foresaw and pointing beyond it to restoration.
• Next: Lamentations, traditionally by Jeremiah, mourns the very destruction of Jerusalem that Jeremiah foretold, weeping over the fallen city.
• Thematic Connections:
  • 2 Kings 22-25 - The historical account of Josiah through the fall of Jerusalem, the backdrop of Jeremiah’s ministry.
  • Hebrews 8-10 - The New Testament exposition of the New Covenant, quoting Jeremiah 31 at length.
  • Ezekiel and Daniel - Prophets among the exiles, contemporaries whose messages complement Jeremiah’s from within Babylon.

Cross-Testament Connections

Jeremiah’s promises are fulfilled in Christ:

• The New Covenant: Jesus institutes “the new covenant in my blood,” fulfilling Jeremiah 31, with sins forgiven and God’s law written on the heart (Luke 22:20; Hebrews 8:8-12; 10:16-17).
• The righteous Branch: “The LORD is our righteousness” is fulfilled in Jesus, in whom believers are made righteous (Jeremiah 23:5-6; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21).
• The rejected, weeping prophet: Jeremiah, persecuted for God’s word and weeping over Jerusalem, foreshadows Christ, who was despised and rejected and wept over the same city (Luke 19:41; John 1:11).
• A future and a hope: God’s purpose of welfare beyond judgment is secured in Christ, in whom all God’s promises are Yes (Jeremiah 29:11; 2 Corinthians 1:20).
• The heart made new: The deceitful heart Jeremiah diagnosed is remade in the new covenant by the Spirit, who writes God’s law within (Jeremiah 17:9; 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3).