Isaiah 24:1

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 24:3 Parallel

Isaiah 24:3 repeats the emptying and adds plundering — a direct continuation that amplifies the destruction.

Isaiah 34:2 Parallel

Isaiah 34:2 broadens the judgment to all nations, showing the same fury that makes the earth empty and waste.

Isaiah 33:9 Parallel

Isaiah 33:9 echoes the earth mourning and languishing into wilderness, reinforcing the cosmic scope of judgment.

Isaiah 28:22 warns of a determined end coming on all the earth — echoing the universal devastation here.

In Isaiah 7:17-25, the same language of thorns and briers and desolate land appears, but for Judah under Assyrian invasion, narrowing the universal judgment to a historical type.

Isaiah 1:7-9 describes Judah's desolation, echoing the global desolation in Isaiah 24:1.

Isaiah 6:11 Parallel

Isaiah 6:11 prophesies cities waste and land desolate, paralleling the universal desolation in Isaiah 24:1.

Isaiah 10:23 announces a determined end on all the land — a parallel prophecy of comprehensive judgment within the same book.

Isaiah 42:15 describes God laying waste mountains and drying up vegetation—the same destructive power that empties the earth, though in a different context of exodus redemption.

Isaiah 32:14 adds the forsaken palace and deserted city—the same 'emptying' theme as in the main verse, but focused on a single city.

Isaiah 32:13 depicts the land overgrown with thorns and briers because of judgment—parallel imagery of desolation, though limited to the people's land.

Isaiah 27:10 describes a fortified city made solitary and deserted—an echo of the emptied earth here, applying the same desolation imagery to a specific target.

Isaiah 5:6 Parallel

Isaiah 5:6 depicts the vineyard made waste, similar to the earth laid waste in Isaiah 24:1.

Jeremiah 9:16 similarly speaks of God scattering people among nations as judgment, reinforcing the theme of dispersion in Isaiah 24:1.

Jeremiah 50:17 depicts Israel as a scattered flock due to foreign conquests, aligning with Isaiah 24:1's theme of God scattering earth's inhabitants.

Ezekiel 12:20 repeats the phrase 'cities laid waste and land a desolation'—a direct verbal echo of the emptying and desolation in this verse, applied to Judah.

Nehemiah 1:8 recalls the Mosaic covenant curse of scattering, echoing the same divine judgment of scattering the inhabitants described in Isaiah 24:1.

2 Kings 21:13 describes God wiping Jerusalem 'as one wipes a dish, turning it upside down' — directly paralleling the earth's distorted surface.

Deuteronomy 28:64 similarly foretells scattering among all peoples — a clear parallel to the universal scattering in this verse.

Deuteronomy 4:27 warns Israel of being scattered among nations — directly echoing the 'scatter abroad its inhabitants' of this judgment.

Nahum 2:10 Parallel

Nahum 2:10 uses the same triad 'empty, desolate, waste' to describe Nineveh's fall, mirroring the earth's fate here.

Zechariah 13:7-9 depicts God scattering the sheep after striking the shepherd, combining judgment with refining — echoing Isaiah 24:1's scattering but with redemptive outcome.

Jeremiah 22:6 threatens to make Judah's royal city a wilderness, mirroring the earth made waste and uninhabited.

Leviticus 26:32 promises God's devastation of the land as a covenantal curse, directly echoing the desolation theme of Isaiah 24:1.

Jeremiah 4:27 declares the whole land desolate yet not completely ended, echoing the waste but with a limit.

Jeremiah 2:15 describes lions making the land waste and cities uninhabited, matching the scattering and desolation here.

Job 9:6 Parallel

Job 9:6 uses the same imagery of God shaking the earth from its place, reinforcing His power to overturn creation.

Deuteronomy 4:26 warns Israel of utter destruction and perishing from the land, mirroring the global destruction and emptying of the earth in Isaiah 24:1.

Genesis 7:23 recounts the flood that blotted out all life from the earth, paralleling Isaiah 24:1's vision of God emptying and making the earth desolate.

Jeremiah 4:7 portrays a destroyer making the land a desolation—mirroring the earth being emptied and scattered, but applied to Babylon's invasion of Judah.

Psalm 75:3 Parallel

Psalm 75:3 says the earth and its inhabitants dissolve — matching the 'turns it upside down' with a similar cosmic upheaval.

Ezekiel 5:14 declares Jerusalem a desolation among nations—a specific instance of the global desolation described here, using the same root word.

In Zephaniah 1:13, houses become desolate and labor is lost, paralleling the earth being emptied and wasted.

Luke 21:24 Parallel

Luke 21:24 describes Jerusalem's inhabitants scattered and trampled — a specific instance of the general scattering of earth's people.

Ezekiel 6:6 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:6 says cities will be laid waste and high places desolate—verbal parallels to 'empty' and 'desolate' here, localized to Israel.

Ezekiel 35:14 applies this universal desolation to Edom, contrasting the earth's joy with Edom's ruin.

In Ezekiel 36:4, the desolate wastes and forsaken cities reflect the same earth made empty and waste.