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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 17:1 → Jeremiah 51:13

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 17:1BSB

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Earlier text

Jeremiah 51:13BSB

You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square14:04

Significance

Jeremiah 51:13 addresses historical Babylon: "You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come." Revelation 17:1 describes the great prostitute "who sits on many waters." The phrase "many waters" (mayim rabbim / hydatōn pollōn) creates a direct verbal link. Historically, Babylon was situated on the Euphrates with an extensive canal system, making the "many waters" literal. In Revelation, the "many waters" are interpreted as "peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues" (17:15), transforming the geographical description into a symbol of imperial dominion over diverse populations. This reinterpretation reflects John's hermeneutical method of reading OT geographical realities as symbolic of eschatological spiritual realities. Jeremiah's prediction of Babylon's "end" is thus being fulfilled in the judgment of the eschatological Babylon.

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

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Nimrod (The First Empire Builder) Trajectory Table