Isaiah 27:10

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 6:11 Parallel

Isaiah 6:11 prophesies cities waste without inhabitant, identical to the deserted fortified city in 27:10. Strong thematic parallel.

Isaiah 6:12 Parallel

Isaiah 6:12 continues with people removed and forsaken places, matching 27:10's deserted habitat. Direct parallel.

Isaiah 7:25 Parallel

In Isaiah 7:25, formerly cultivated hills become grazing land for oxen and sheep, mirroring the deserted city overgrown with pasture.

Isaiah 17:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 17:2, deserted cities become resting places for flocks, directly echoing the image of a forsaken city where cattle graze.

Isaiah 17:9 Parallel

Isaiah 17:9 describes strong cities becoming deserted like ancient ruins, exactly paralleling 27:10's solitary fortified city.

Isaiah 25:2 Parallel

Isaiah 25:2 speaks of the fortified city turned to ruin, a direct parallel to 27:10's depiction of desolation.

In Isaiah 32:14, the forsaken palace and deserted city become a pasture for flocks, a nearly identical description of abandoned habitation.

Isaiah 64:10 laments holy cities become wilderness, Zion desolate — same imagery as 27:10's deserted city.

In Isaiah 24:10, the wasted city is broken down and houses shut up, directly matching the image of a deserted, forsaken city.

Isaiah 5:9 Parallel

Isaiah 5:9 declares many houses desolate without inhabitants; Isaiah 27:10 depicts a forsaken fortified city. Both describe judgment as emptiness.

Luke 21:20-24 speaks of Jerusalem's desolation and trampling, a direct parallel to the forsaken city here.

Luke 19:44 Parallel

Luke 19:44 says enemies will leave no stone on another, the complete destruction matching the desolate city.

Micah 3:12 Parallel

Micah 3:12 says Zion will be plowed and Jerusalem a ruin—the same imagery of a city laid waste.

Ezekiel 36:4 addresses forsaken cities and desolate wastes, directly echoing the solitary, grazing land here.

Lamentations 5:18 depicts Zion desolate with jackals prowling, exactly like the calf grazing in the deserted city.

Lamentations 2:5-9 details the Lord destroying palaces and gates, a vivid parallel to the forsaken city.

Jeremiah 26:18 quotes Micah's prophecy of Jerusalem becoming ruins, directly mirroring the desolate city here.

Jeremiah 25:37 describes 'peaceable habitations cut down' by God's anger—directly echoing this scene of a once-secure city left deserted and grazed.

In Jeremiah 22:6, the house of the king becomes a desert with uninhabited cities, closely echoing the forsaken city and pasture imagery.

Ezekiel 34:15 has God making sheep lie down in safety—contrasting with this calf lying down in a forsaken city, a sign of judgment rather than peace.

Jeremiah 26:6 threatens to make Jerusalem like Shiloh, a deserted city—parallel to the solitary, forsaken city here.

Lamentations 1:4 mourns Zion's desolate gates and absent festivals, similar to the deserted city here.

Hosea 11:6 Parallel

Hosea 11:6 has the sword raging against cities—parallel judgment that leaves them desolate, similar to this fortified city becoming solitary.

Jeremiah 22:7 pictures God sending destroyers to cut down cedars—like the fortified city stripped bare here. Both depict divine judgment reducing strength to desolation.