Isaiah 1:30
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
Cross-references
In Isaiah 5:6, the vineyard is made waste with no rain — same imagery of barren garden lacking water.
Isaiah 58:11 reverses this image: a watered garden and unfailing spring — contrasting the drought of unfaithfulness with obedience's blessing.
Isaiah 6:13 also uses the oak tree — its stump remains as a holy seed — expanding the image with a remnant hope.
Jeremiah 17:6 describes a shrub in the desert, parched land — exactly parallels the withered oak and garden without water.
Jeremiah 31:12 promises a watered garden for restored Israel — directly opposite the parched garden here symbolizing judgment.
Ezekiel 17:9 speaks of a vine that withers, its leaves dried up — same withering plant imagery as judgment.
Jeremiah 11:16 pictures Israel as a green olive tree set on fire — paralleling the judgment of the withered oak here.
Ezekiel 17:24 uses tree imagery to show God's power to wither or flourish — the oak's withering here is a sign of divine judgment.
Ezekiel 31:4-18 depicts a great tree felled in judgment — a parallel image of God bringing down the proud, as the withered oak here.
In Matthew 21:19, the fig tree withers as a symbol of judgment — echoing the withered oak here representing Israel's spiritual barrenness.