Isaiah 10:4
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Cross-references
Isaiah 9:21 concludes with the same refrain — anger not turned away, hand stretched out — confirming this as a recurring judgment formula.
Isaiah 5:25 contains the same refrain — anger not turned away and hand stretched out — reinforcing the persistent judgment.
Isaiah 9:12 also ends with the identical refrain — anger not turned away, hand still stretched out — underscoring the same divine wrath.
Isaiah 9:17 repeats the refrain — anger not turned away, hand stretched out — directly paralleling the judgment theme here.
Isaiah 65:12 says they will 'bow down to the slaughter', mirroring the image of bowing under prisoners and falling under the slain here.
Isaiah 12:1 celebrates that God's anger is turned away, directly opposing this verse where 'his anger is not turned away'.
Leviticus 26:37 depicts Israel falling without a pursuer — mirroring the bowed and slain in this judgment where God's anger remains.
Psalm 138:7 has God stretching out his hand to save, whereas here the hand is stretched out in judgment. Same imagery, opposite purpose.
Jeremiah 4:8 declares 'the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back', directly echoing the same phrase about anger not turned away here.
Jeremiah 21:5 depicts God fighting Israel with outstretched hand and anger — the same unyielding divine judgment as 'His hand is stretched out still'.
Ezekiel 6:14 uses the same 'stretched out hand' phrase for God's judgment, reinforcing the ongoing divine anger in Isaiah 10:4.
Ezekiel 14:9 also says God will stretch out his hand against a sinner, echoing the hand imagery and judgment theme of Isaiah 10:4.
Deuteronomy 32:30 describes God selling His people into defeat — similar to the falling under judgment because of His hand stretched out.
Leviticus 26:17 describes being struck down before enemies, fleeing when none pursues—similar to the defeat and captivity imagery in Isaiah, part of covenant curses.
Jeremiah 21:4 shows God turning weapons against Jerusalem, paralleling the defeat and unrelenting anger of Isaiah 10:4.
Hosea 9:12 warns of God bereaving when He departs — echoing the ‘without me’ condition that leads to bowing and falling here.
Jeremiah 46:12 describes fallen warriors, mirroring the 'fallen under the slain' imagery of Isaiah 10:4's judgment.
Malachi 1:4 speaks of God's permanent indignation against Edom, paralleling the unending anger of Isaiah 10:4.