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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 33:14 → Jeremiah 23:5

Allusion

Later text

Jeremiah 33:14BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

Earlier text

Jeremiah 23:5BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Significance

Jeremiah 33:14 promises "I will fulfill the good word I spoke to the house of Israel," referring directly to the "righteous Branch" (צֶמַח צַדִּיק, tsemach tsaddiq) oracle of Jeremiah 23:5. The earlier oracle promises a Davidic king who will "reign wisely" and "administer justice and righteousness," while 33:14-22 expands this promise by pairing the Davidic Branch with a permanent Levitical priesthood and grounding both in the cosmic order. This inner-Jeremianic development shows the prophet building upon his own earlier oracle, adding the priestly dimension and the nature-covenant guarantee. The cross-reference demonstrates Jeremiah's own literary strategy of progressive elaboration within his prophetic corpus.

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