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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 7:17 → Isaiah 49:10

Allusion

Later text

Revelation 7:17BSB

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

Earlier text

Isaiah 49:10BSB

They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square7:44

Significance

Isaiah 49:10 is part of the second Servant Song's expansion, promising that the redeemed of YHWH returning from exile will experience supernatural provision: no hunger, no thirst, no scorching heat, guided to springs of water. John's vision of the great multitude in Revelation 7:16-17 nearly quotes this passage verbatim, applying it to those who have "come out of the great tribulation." The New Exodus pattern is unmistakable: just as God provided for Israel in the wilderness (water from rock, manna, shade by cloud), and promised renewed provision through the Servant, so Christ the Lamb "will be their shepherd," and "He will lead them to springs of living water." The escalation is crucial: in Isaiah, YHWH guides; in Revelation, the Lamb shepherds — the divine Shepherd function is now exercised by Christ. The ultimate fulfillment transforms exile's hardships into eternal comfort.

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

Linked Mentions 3

Trajectory Tables 2

Longitudinal Themes 1

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