Isaiah 14:21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 13:11, in the same Babylon oracle, declares God will punish the wicked for their iniquity — reinforcing the judgment context.
Isaiah 27:6 promises Israel will fill the world with fruit — contrasting the wicked offspring being cut off from covering the earth.
Exodus 20:5 declares God visits iniquity of fathers on children — the same principle behind slaughtering the king's sons here.
Leviticus 26:39 says the remnant will waste away for their fathers' iniquities — echoing the punishment of children for ancestral sins.
Job 21:19 states God stores up iniquity for the children — directly mirroring the punishment of children for fathers' sins here.
Psalm 37:28 says the seed of the wicked shall be cut off — the same promise of no surviving offspring for the wicked.
Job 18:19 describes the wicked having no descendant — echoing the same fate of being cut off from posterity.
Matthew 23:35 holds the current generation accountable for past righteous blood — similar idea of ancestral guilt, though the focus differs.