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 describes the same city becoming a heap of ruins — likely Babylon, echoing God's promise to make it desolate.
Isaiah 47:5 directly addresses Babylon's fall to silence and darkness — the same fate of being stripped of power.
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.
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.
In Jeremiah 51:62, the decree that Babylon be cut off forever directly parallels the sweeping destruction declared here.
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.