Bible Cross References
of the letter
Jeremiah 29:25-29
25
I sent you not in My name. And to Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, say,
26
The Lord has made you priest in the place of Jehoida the priest, to be ruler in the house of the Lord over every prophet, and to every madman, and you shall put them in prison, and into the dungeon.
27
And now, why have you together reviled Jeremiah of Anathoth, who prophesied to you?
28
Did he not send for this purpose? For in the course of this month he sent to you to Babylon, saying, It is far off: build houses, and inhabit [them]; plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29
And Zephaniah read the book in the ears of Jeremiah.
2 Chronicles 30:1-6
1
And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel.
2
For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the Passover in the second month.
3
For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priests had not purified themselves, and the people were not gathered to Jerusalem.
4
And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.
5
And they established a decree that a proclamation should go through all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they should come and keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem; for the multitude had not done it lately according to the Scripture.
6
And the posts went with the letters from the king and the princes to all Israel and Judah, according to the command of the king, saying, Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and bring back them that have escaped, [even] those that were left of the hand of the king of Assyria.
Esther 9:20
And Mordecai wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,
Acts 15:23
Writing by their hand these things: The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia who are of the Gentiles: Greetings.
2 Corinthians 7:8
Because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not regret it, even if I did regret it. For I perceive that the same letter made you sorry, though only for a season.
Galatians 6:11
See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand!
Hebrews 13:22
And I appeal to you, brothers, bear with the word of exhortation, for briefly I wrote to you.
Revelation 2:1-3
1
"To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, 'These things says He that holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
2
"I know your works, and your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you tested those who say that they are apostles and they are not, and you found them [to be] liars;
3
and you have endurance and you have born patiently on account of My name, and you did not become weary.
the elders
Jeremiah 24:1-7
1
The Lord showed me two baskets of figs, lying in front of the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried Jeconiah son of Joakim king of Judah captive, [along] with the princes, the craftsmen, the prisoners, and the rich men out of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2
The one basket was [full] of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was [full] of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for they were so bad.
3
And the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, for they are so bad.
4
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5
Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good.
6
And I will fix My eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good; and I will build them up, and not pull them down, and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
7
And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be to Me a people, and I will be to them a God: for they shall turn to Me with all their heart.
Jeremiah 28:4
[with] Jeconiah, and the captivity of Judah; For I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.