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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

Jeremiah 31:16 → 2 Chronicles 15:7

Echo

Later text

Jeremiah 31:16BSB

This is what the LORD says: "Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.

Earlier text

2 Chronicles 15:7BSB

But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."

Significance

Both texts promise that faithful effort will receive divine recompense. Jeremiah 31:16 assures Rachel (mourning for her children) that "the reward for your work will come" (יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ, yesh sakhar lif'ullatek), while 2 Chronicles 15:7 encourages Asa with "be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded" (יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶם, yesh sakhar lif'ullatkhem). The near-identical Hebrew phrase — differing only in pronominal suffix — creates a verbal echo linking prophetic consolation (Jeremiah) with royal exhortation (Chronicles). Both assure God's people that faithfulness amid distress is not futile: Rachel's children "will return from the land of the enemy" (Jer 31:16), and Asa's reforms will be honored by God.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy — the near-identical assurance יֵשׁ שָׂכָר ("there is a reward for your work") is spoken into two analogous situations of costly faithfulness: Asa pressing covenant reform (2 Chr 15:7) and Rachel weeping for exiled children (Jer 31:16); the same divine encouragement applied across parallel moments of perseverance is analogical correspondence, not promise-fulfillment or typology.

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