Isaiah 2:6
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 8:19 condemns consulting mediums, directly paralleling the soothsayer practice in Isaiah 2:6.
Isaiah 47:12 mocks Babylon's sorceries, mirroring the critique of soothsayers in Isaiah 2:6, though applied to a different nation.
Psalm 106:35 describes Israel mingling with nations and learning their ways—the exact behavior Isaiah points to as filling the land with foreign customs.
Romans 11:20 explains branches broken off due to unbelief, paralleling the cause of rejection in Isaiah 2:6.
Romans 11:2 reinforces the denial of rejection, further contrasting with Isaiah 2:6's claim.
Romans 11:1 directly contradicts Isaiah 2:6 by affirming God has not rejected his people.
Jeremiah 10:2 warns against learning pagan practices like astrology—the same soothsaying and eastern customs Isaiah lists as reasons for rejection.
Exodus 22:18 is the law forbidding sorceresses — the very practice Isaiah condemns Israel for adopting.
Nehemiah 13:23 shows post-exile Jews still marrying foreign women, continuing the same sin of embracing foreign ways that Isaiah condemns.
2 Chronicles 24:20 echoes the cause-and-effect: forsaking the Lord results in him forsaking you, as in Isaiah 2:6.
In 2 Chronicles 15:2, the principle that forsaking God leads to being forsaken directly explains the rejection in Isaiah 2:6.
1 Chronicles 10:13 records Saul's death for consulting a medium — a historical example of the judgment Isaiah warns about.
1 Kings 11:2 records the prohibition against intermarriage with foreigners—the very practice that filled Israel with foreign customs, as condemned here.
Deuteronomy 31:16 warns of Israel forsaking God for foreign gods, exactly the sin described in Isaiah 2:6.
Deuteronomy 18:10-14 lists all forbidden occult practices — providing the full background for Isaiah's indictment.
Leviticus 20:6 prescribes the penalty for turning to mediums — showing the severity of the sin Isaiah names.
Leviticus 19:31 forbids consulting mediums — directly echoing the 'soothsayers' Isaiah condemns.
Nehemiah 9:2 shows Israel separating from foreigners in repentance—the opposite of the intermingling with foreigners that Isaiah condemns here.
Jeremiah 2:25 portrays Israel chasing after foreign gods, saying 'I have loved foreigners'—the same spiritual adultery Isaiah rebukes.
Jeremiah 12:7 declares God forsaking his heritage because of sin—the same rejection of Israel that Isaiah 2:6 introduces.
Micah 5:12 prophesies God cutting off sorceries and fortune-tellers—the same divination practices Isaiah lists as filling the land.
Lamentations 5:20 laments prolonged forsaking, reflecting the exile that fulfills Isaiah 2:6's rejection.