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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

Revelation 15:4 → Jeremiah 10:7

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 15:4BSB

Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed."

Earlier text

Jeremiah 10:7BSB

Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

Significance

The rhetorical question "Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?" in Revelation 15:4 echoes Jeremiah 10:7: "Who would not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due." Both texts share the title "King of the nations" (melek haggoyim / basileus tōn ethnōn) and the rhetorical question about fearing God. In Jeremiah, this is an argument against idolatry — among all the gods of the nations, none compares to YHWH. In Revelation, the question becomes a triumphant declaration as the idolatrous beast system is overthrown by the bowl plagues. The assertion "You alone are holy" underscores the absolute uniqueness that Jeremiah also affirms. John weaves together Psalm 86 and Jeremiah 10 to form a composite hymn celebrating both universal worship and divine uniqueness.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme + Analogy