Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.
⛓ Read Jeremiah 29 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Paul's directive to pray for kings and all in high places that believers may lead a tranquil life echoes Jeremiah's letter urging the exiles to seek the welfare of Babylon and pray to the LORD for it, because in its peace they will find peace. Both texts ground intercession for pagan rulers in the community's own well-being under foreign power. The logic of praying for the governing authority's order so that God's people may flourish is structurally identical.
High confidenceEcho2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you... and pray to the LORD on its behalf' — the exilic posture of submission to and cooperation with a foreign government anticipates Paul's counsel of subjection, taxes, and honor (vv.5-7).
Medium confidenceJeremiah's letter tells the exiles to seek the welfare of the city and pray for it, the model of constructive subjection to a pagan order. Titus' call to be ready for every good work toward all extends this exilic posture of civic good toward the surrounding society.
Medium confidence