Isaiah 13:7
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt:
Cross-reference
Isaiah 37:27 uses 'short of hand' (powerless) and dismayed, mirroring the fear and weakness in Isaiah 13:7.
Isaiah 19:1 uses the same 'heart of the Egyptians will melt' idiom for divine judgment on Egypt.
Isaiah 10:3 asks what one will do on the day of punishment — the same fear of judgment that causes hands to go feeble and hearts to melt in Isaiah 13:7.
Nahum 2:10 describes 'hearts melt' and 'knees tremble' in Nineveh's fall, echoing Isaiah 13:7's language.
Exodus 15:15 says 'all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away' using the same verb for fear as 'heart melts'.
Ezekiel 21:7 combines 'every heart will melt' and 'all hands will be feeble' exactly as in Isaiah 13:7.
Ezekiel 7:17 repeats 'all hands will be feeble' verbatim in a judgment oracle.
Jeremiah 50:43 uses the exact phrase 'hands grew feeble' for Babylon's king, the same reaction to judgment.
Psalm 107:26: sailors' courage melts in a storm — another use of the 'soul melts' idiom for fear.
2 Samuel 17:10 says even a lion-hearted man's heart will melt — the same idiom for loss of courage in battle.
Jeremiah 49:23 says Hamath and Arpad melt in fear at bad news — the same 'melt' idiom for terror at judgment.
2 Samuel 4:1 says Ish-bosheth's hands became weak upon hearing Abner's death — directly parallels the 'hands faint' idiom here.
Jeremiah 51:30 echoes the same collapse of Babylon's warriors—their strength fails, hands grow limp—confirming the shared depiction of divine judgment.
Joshua 7:5 records Israel's hearts melting like water after defeat — another instance of this idiom for utter discouragement.
In Joshua 2:11, Rahab describes Canaanites' hearts melting in fear of Israel — the same idiom for paralyzing dread.
Daniel 5:6 shows Belshazzar's physical terror—knees knocking—matching the 'hands fall limp' motif, a strong parallel of fear-induced collapse.
Deuteronomy 1:28 uses the same 'hearts melt' idiom for the Israelites' fear of giants, echoing the terror of God's judgment here.