Ezekiel 12:20
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 15:8 declares God will make the land desolate for faithlessness — directly paralleling the desolation in Ezekiel 12:20.
Ezekiel 33:28 echoes the desolation of the land, repeating the same judgment theme of waste and destruction.
Isaiah 24:12 says desolation is left in the city with gates battered — a specific image matching Ezekiel 12:20's laid waste cities.
Isaiah 64:10 laments that Jerusalem has become a desolation — exactly the outcome Ezekiel 12:20 prophesied for inhabited cities.
In Jeremiah 4:7, the same imagery of a destroyer making the land desolate and cities uninhabited directly parallels this judgment.
Jeremiah 12:10-12 describes shepherds destroying the vineyard, making it a desolate wilderness — identical divine judgment.
Jeremiah 19:11 uses a broken pot to symbolize irreversible city destruction, echoing the desolation here.
Jeremiah 25:9 explicitly names Babylon and everlasting desolation, directly aligning with this prophecy of land ruin.
Jeremiah 34:22 repeats 'cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant,' confirming the same oracle.
Lamentations 5:18 mourns Mount Zion lying desolate with jackals — the tragic outcome of the judgment here.
Jeremiah 4:23-29 depicts the land as formless and lifeless, intensifying the cosmic scope of the same desolation.
Isaiah 3:26 pictures Jerusalem sitting empty in mourning — a vivid personification of the city's desolation foretold in Ezekiel 12:20.
Isaiah 24:3 speaks of the earth utterly empty and plundered — a broader parallel to the local desolation in Ezekiel 12:20.
Daniel 9:17 prays for the desolate sanctuary, reflecting the ongoing reality of the land's desolation during exile.