1 Kings 18:18 accuses Ahab of forsaking God's commandments and following Baals, the very sin that leads to disaster here.

In Deuteronomy 29:25-28, the same covenantal curse is explained: forsaking the Lord and serving other gods brings judgment.

Ezekiel 36:17-20 expands on how Israel's defilement of the land led to exile and profaned God's name among the nations.

In 2 Chronicles 7:22, this same reason for the temple's destruction is recorded as the direct parallel account.

In Lamentations 2:17, the poet declares that the Lord has fulfilled the covenant curses He commanded long ago — directly referencing this judgment.

In Jeremiah 2:19, the same phrase 'forsaken the Lord your God' is used as the reason for judgment, reinforcing the covenantal charge.

In Jeremiah 5:19, the same question-and-answer format appears — why judgment? Because they forsook God and served foreign gods.

Jeremiah 12:7 gives God's own declaration of abandoning His house, matching the explanation here for the disaster.

In Jeremiah 16:10-13, the same explanation is given for exile: because the people forsook the Lord and followed other gods.

Jeremiah 22:8 repeats the exact scenario of foreigners asking why God destroyed Jerusalem, directly echoing the warning.

Lamentations 1:18 confesses rebellion against God's command as the cause of suffering, echoing the warning's explanation.

Jeremiah 44:23 explicitly states that disobedience to God's law brought disaster, mirroring the reason in the warning.

Deuteronomy 29:24 is the earlier parallel where nations ask why the LORD destroyed the land, anticipating this explanation.

Jeremiah 9:12 asks why the land was ruined; the implied answer is the people's forsaking God, echoing the warning's cause.

2 Chronicles 12:1 depicts Rehoboam abandoning the law — a direct historical instance of the forsaking warned about in the main verse.

2 Chronicles 7:22 is the direct parallel account, giving the same explanation for the temple's destruction.

In Jeremiah 50:7, the adversaries justify destruction by saying Israel sinned against the Lord — alluding to the same root cause.

In Lamentations 2:16, enemies hiss in triumph over Jerusalem's fall, echoing the reaction prophesied in 1 Kings 9:8.

Jeremiah 40:2 has a Babylonian commander stating that God decreed disaster because of sin, aligning with the warning's reason.

Lamentations 1:8 describes Jerusalem's great sin leading to shame, a later consequence of the forsaking warned about.

In Jeremiah 2:10-13, the prophet uses the same accusation of forsaking the Lord for other gods, here described as exchanging living water for broken cisterns.

Ezekiel 5:8 announces God's punishment on Jerusalem in the sight of nations, a fulfillment of the threatened disaster.

Zephaniah 1:4 pronounces judgment on the remnant of Baal, a specific idolatry that provokes the disasters described.

Zephaniah 1:5 condemns worship of starry hosts and Milcom, illustrating the kind of idolatry that leads to judgment.