JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul>
   <li>list item 1</li>
   <li>list item 2</li>
   <li class="third-item">list item 3</li>
   <li>list item 4</li>
   <li class="foo">list item 5</li>
</ul>

JavaScript

var j = $('.third-item');

console.log(j);

var next = j.nextAll('.foo, .bar').first();

console.log(next);