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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Romans 2:24 → Isaiah 52:5

Quotation

Later text

Romans 2:24BSB

As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

Earlier text

Isaiah 52:5BSB

And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

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Earlier text

Ezekiel 36:20BSB

And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:22

Significance

Israel's failure in exile caused God's name to be profaned among nations. Paul applies this to contemporary Jewish failure, creating pattern repetition: Israel's disobedience causes God's name to be dishonored.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Analogy