Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 13:15-16 details the violent slaughter and plunder that fulfill the day of the Lord's wrath announced in verse 9.
Isaiah 13:6 immediately precedes, calling to wail because the day of the LORD is near — direct contextual connection within the same oracle.
Isaiah 2:12 announces a day of the LORD against the proud — the same theme of divine judgment on sinners, within the same prophetic book.
Jeremiah 50:40-42 pronounces the same destruction on Babylon as Isaiah 13:9 — a fierce, merciless northern army laying the land desolate.
Malachi 4:1 also speaks of the coming day of the LORD that burns the wicked like stubble — mirroring the desolate destruction of sinners in Isaiah 13:9.
Revelation 18:8 depicts Babylon's judgment in one day, echoing Isaiah's day of the Lord — sudden, complete destruction of a proud city.
Revelation 19:17-21 describes the great supper of God, where birds feast on the slain — the same day of wrath against the wicked.
Ezekiel 13:5 rebukes false prophets who failed to stand in battle on the day of the LORD — the same concept of a decisive divine conflict.
Joel 2:31 describes cosmic signs before the great day of the LORD — another classic day-of-the-Lord prophecy with judgment language.
Zechariah 14:1 announces a day of the LORD coming with plunder and judgment — consistent with Isaiah's depiction of divine destruction.
Revelation 6:12 describes the sixth seal with sun darkening and moon like blood, directly mirroring Isaiah's day of the Lord imagery.
Acts 2:20 cites Joel’s cosmic signs for the day of the Lord, echoing the same judgment imagery as Isaiah 13:9.
Jeremiah 6:22 also describes a northern nation coming in judgment — echoing the fierce wrath of the day of the LORD from Isaiah 13:9, though against Judah.
Jeremiah 6:23 describes the invading army as 'cruel, and have no mercy' — the same cruelty as the day of the LORD's wrath in Isaiah 13:9.
Nahum 1:2 declares God's vengeful, furious nature — the same divine wrath that manifests in the day of the LORD in Isaiah 13:9.
Nahum 1:6 describes the overwhelming fierceness of God's anger like fire — the same fierce anger that makes the day of the LORD desolate in Isaiah 13:9.