Isaiah 10:26
And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
Cross-references
In Isaiah 10:16-19, the same judgment on Assyria is depicted as a consuming fire — here the scourge is another image of that destruction.
In Isaiah 9:4, the Midianite defeat models deliverance from oppression — here the same event prefigures Assyria's downfall.
Isaiah 51:10 directly references the drying of the Red Sea, the same event Isaiah 10:26 alludes to with the rod upon the sea.
Exodus 14:25-27 provides the historical account of the Red Sea crossing, forming the backdrop for Isaiah's imagery of God's rod.
In Judges 7:25, Gideon's army kills Oreb and Zeeb at the rock of Oreb — the very slaughter referenced here as a pattern.
In 2 Kings 19:35, the angel strikes down the Assyrian army — the historic fulfillment of the 'scourge' prophesied here.
Nehemiah 9:11 describes the dividing of the sea and drowning of pursuers, the very event Isaiah 10:26 evokes with 'rod upon the sea'.
In Psalm 83:11, the psalmist invokes Oreb and Zeeb as examples of divine defeat — the same figures used here for Assyria.
Psalm 106:11 specifically notes waters covering enemies, directly echoing the 'rod upon the sea' judgment in Isaiah 10:26.
Judges 8:28 records the defeat of Midian, which Isaiah 10:26 references as a pattern for God's judgment on Assyria.
Psalm 83:9 prays for God to treat enemies like Midian, echoing the same historical defeat that Isaiah invokes against Assyria.
Habakkuk 3:7-15 poetically recounts God's march against enemies like the Exodus, reinforcing the imagery of divine judgment against oppressors.