Isaiah 14:23

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

Cross-references

In Isaiah 13:21, the same oracle against Babylon uses identical imagery of wild animals occupying the desolate city.

Isaiah 13:22 continues the desolation scene with hyenas and jackals — the same judgment context for Babylon.

Isaiah 25:2 Parallel

Isaiah 25:2 describes the same city becoming a heap of ruins — likely Babylon, echoing God's promise to make it desolate.

Isaiah 47:5 Related theme

Isaiah 47:5 directly addresses Babylon's fall to silence and darkness — the same fate of being stripped of power.

Isaiah 47:9 Related theme

Isaiah 47:9 predicts sudden calamities for Babylon — loss of children and widowhood — expanding on its total ruin.

Isaiah 13:20 predicts Babylon will never be inhabited, directly matching the desolate outcome of the sweeping judgment here.

Isaiah 34:11-15 describes Edom's desolation with similar animals (hawk, porcupine, owl) — a parallel judgment motif for a different nation.

Revelation 18:21-23 echoes this sweeping judgment on Babylon, describing its complete desolation with similar imagery of being cast down and silenced.

Revelation 18:2 directly alludes to Isaiah's prophecy: Babylon becomes a haunt for unclean birds and beasts — a typological fulfillment.

Zephaniah 2:14 uses the same desolation imagery (flocks, beasts, owls) for Nineveh — a parallel prophetic judgment on a pagan city.

Jeremiah 51:26 reinforces Babylon's perpetual desolation—no stones reused—directly paralleling the broom of destruction.

Jeremiah 50:39 directly echoes the same prophecy: wild beasts and ostriches will inhabit Babylon as a desolate wasteland.

Jeremiah 51:29 Related theme

In Jeremiah 51:29, the same divine purpose against Babylon—desolation without inhabitants—reinforces this judgment.

In Jeremiah 51:37, Babylon becomes a haunt of jackals, mirroring the hedgehog and pools imagery of desolation.

Jeremiah 51:62 Related theme

In Jeremiah 51:62, the decree that Babylon be cut off forever directly parallels the sweeping destruction declared here.

Jeremiah 25:12 Related theme

Jeremiah 25:12 prophesies Babylon becoming an everlasting waste — the same permanent desolation God declares here.

Jeremiah 49:33 uses nearly identical language ('everlasting waste') for Hazor — a similar judgment formula applied to another city.