Bible Cross References
of the letter
Jeremiah 29:25-29
26
"The LORD made you a priest in place of Jehoiada, and you are now the chief officer in the Temple. It is your duty to see that every crazy person who pretends to be a prophet is placed in chains with an iron collar around the neck.
27
Why haven't you done this to Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been speaking as a prophet to the people?
28
He must be stopped because he told the people in Babylonia that they would be prisoners there a long time and should build houses, settle down, plant gardens, and eat what they grow."
29
Zephaniah read the letter to me,
2 Chronicles 30:1-6
1
The people had not been able to celebrate the Passover Festival at the proper time in the first month, because not enough priests were ritually clean and not many people had assembled in Jerusalem. So King Hezekiah, his officials, and the people of Jerusalem agreed to celebrate it in the second month, and the king sent word to all the people of Israel and Judah. He took special care to send letters to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover in honor of the LORD, the God of Israel.
4
The king and the people were pleased with their plan,
5
so they invited all the Israelites, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, to come together in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover according to the Law, in larger numbers than ever before.
6
Messengers went out at the command of the king and his officials through all Judah and Israel with the following invitation: "People of Israel, you have survived the Assyrian conquest of the land. Now return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will return to you.
Esther 9:20
Mordecai had these events written down and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, throughout the Persian Empire,
Acts 15:23
and they sent the following letter by them:
2 Corinthians 7:8
For even if that letter of mine made you sad, I am not sorry I wrote it. I could have been sorry when I saw that it made you sad for a while.
Galatians 6:11
See what big letters I make as I write to you now with my own hand!
Hebrews 13:22
I beg you, my friends, to listen patiently to this message of encouragement; for this letter I have written you is not very long.
Revelation 2:1-3
1
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands.
2
I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars.
3
You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up.
the elders
Jeremiah 24:1-7
1
The LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the Temple. (This was after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had taken away Jehoiakim's son, King Jehoiachin of Judah, as a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylonia, together with the leaders of Judah, the craftworkers, and the skilled workers.)
2
The first basket contained good figs, those that ripen early; the other one contained bad figs, too bad to eat.
3
Then the LORD said to me, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" I answered, "Figs. The good ones are very good, and the bad ones are very bad, too bad to eat."
4
So the LORD said to me,
5
"I, the LORD, the God of Israel, consider that the people who were taken away to Babylonia are like these good figs, and I will treat them with kindness.
6
I will watch over them and bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not pull them up.
7
I will give them the desire to know that I am the LORD. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me with all their heart.
Jeremiah 28:4
I will also bring back the king of Judah, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, along with all of the people of Judah who went into exile in Babylonia. Yes, I will break the power of the king of Babylonia. I, the LORD, have spoken."