Ezekiel 33:28

For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 36:35 contrasts this desolation: the waste land becomes like the garden of Eden, inhabited and fortified.

Ezekiel 36:34 reverses this desolation—the land will be tilled instead of lying waste, showing restoration after judgment.

In Ezekiel 36:4, the mountains of Israel are addressed as desolate wastes, directly connecting to their desolation here.

In Ezekiel 24:21, 'pride of your power' refers to the temple, linking the land's desolation here to the sanctuary's profanation.

Ezekiel 15:8 repeats the theme: 'I will make the land desolate' because of faithlessness, echoing the same outcome here.

Ezekiel 12:20 similarly says inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land become a desolation, reinforcing this pronouncement.

In Ezekiel 7:24, the same 'pride of the strong' phrase appears, reinforcing the theme of judgment ending human arrogance.

In Ezekiel 6:2-6, the prophecy against the mountains of Israel details destruction of high places—the same mountains now desolate.

Ezekiel 6:14 also declares the land made desolate and waste, from the wilderness to Riblah, matching this verse's prediction.

Ezekiel 35:7 pronounces judgment on Mount Seir, cutting off those who pass through — mirroring the desolation here.

Ezekiel 29:11 uses nearly identical language about no foot passing through, but applies it to Egypt's desolation.

In Ezekiel 30:7, Egypt's desolation is described as 'desolate in the midst of desolate lands,' paralleling the waste here.

In Ezekiel 30:6, 'proud might' describes Egypt's judgment, echoing the same language used against Israel here.

Ezekiel 36:1 addresses the same mountains of Israel, now turning to restoration after the desolation pronounced here.

Zechariah 7:14 says the land was desolate so that no man passed through — the exact same 'none shall pass through' phrase.

Micah 7:13 Parallel

Micah 7:13 says the land shall be desolate because of its inhabitants' deeds — a parallel prophetic announcement.

Jeremiah 44:22 says the land became a desolation without inhabitant because of abominations — same cause and effect.

Jeremiah 44:6 states the cities are wasted and desolate, matching the outcome of God's fury here.

Jeremiah 44:2 describes Jerusalem and Judah as a desolation with no inhabitant — identical imagery of the land's emptiness.

Jeremiah 25:11 says the whole land shall be desolation and astonishment for seventy years — a specific parallel to this desolation.

Jeremiah 9:11 also declares Jerusalem and Judah cities made desolate without inhabitant, reinforcing the same covenant judgment.

Isaiah 6:11 Parallel

In Isaiah 6:11, the same phrase 'land utterly desolate' describes judgment until cities are uninhabited — directly echoing this desolation.

2 Chronicles 36:21 Historical context

2 Chronicles 36:21 notes the land lay desolate to fulfill prophecy—this verse's desolation is part of that same historical judgment.

Jeremiah 52:27 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 52:27 records the actual exile of Judah, which fulfills the prophecy of desolation and removal from the land.

Jeremiah 9:10 uses the same imagery of mountains laid waste with no one passing through, reinforcing the judgment theme.

In Leviticus 26:32, the land being laid waste is a covenant curse, directly paralleling the desolation declared here.

Jeremiah 18:16 describes the land as a desolation that makes passersby astonished, echoing the desolation theme.

Jeremiah 34:22 threatens to make Judah's cities a desolation without inhabitant, paralleling the land's desolation.

Jeremiah 22:6 pronounces judgment making the land a wilderness like Gilead, similar to the desolation declared here.

In Jeremiah 4:26, the land becomes a desert due to God's anger—the same desolation imagery as here.