Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 28:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 28:2, the hailstorm and flooding downpour are the same destructive forces that sweep away the refuge of lies in verse 17.

In Isaiah 28:15, the people's false refuge of lies is exactly what verse 17 says will be swept away by judgment.

Isaiah 32:2 Contrast

In Isaiah 32:2, a true refuge from storm is provided—contrasting the false refuges destroyed by hail in 28:17.

In Isaiah 32:19, the same hail imagery brings down the forest and city—parallel to sweeping away the refuge of lies.

Isaiah 8:7 Parallel

In Isaiah 8:7, floodwaters symbolize Assyrian invasion as judgment—identical metaphor of waters overwhelming false security.

Isaiah 25:4 Contrast

In Isaiah 25:4, God is a true refuge from the storm, contrasting with the false refuge of lies destroyed in 28:17.

In Isaiah 30:28, an overflowing flood sifts nations—similar to waters overflowing the hiding place in this verse.

Isaiah 20:6 Parallel

In Isaiah 20:6, the people realize their refuge in Egypt fails — matching the sweeping away of false refuges here.

In Isaiah 32:18, God's people dwell securely—contrasting the false refuges that hail sweeps away in 28:17.

Isaiah 33:14 shows sinners terrified of God's consuming fire — a similar response to the judgment here.

In Amos 7:7-9, the plumb line directly symbolizes divine judgment against Israel, exactly parallel to Isaiah's use.

In Ezekiel 13:10-16, God sends hail and rain to destroy the flimsy wall of false prophets—almost identical imagery.

In Jeremiah 30:23, the whirlwind of God's judgment parallels the hail and waters sweeping away false refuges here.

In Jeremiah 23:19, the Lord's storm-wrath whirlwind against the wicked echoes Isaiah's hail and flood of judgment.

In Jeremiah 7:14, God destroys His house because of false trust—parallel to the destruction of false refuges by hail in 28:17.

In Jeremiah 7:4-8, the people trust in lying words about the temple—parallel to the refuge of lies that hail sweeps away in 28:17.

In 2 Kings 21:13, the same measuring line and plumb line imagery is applied to Jerusalem's judgment, echoing Isaiah's prophecy of destruction.

In Revelation 16:21, great hailstones fall as a plague, directly recalling the hail that destroys false refuges here.

In Matthew 7:27, the same storm imagery depicts false foundations swept away by waters—judgment against those who built on sand.

Psalm 83:15 Parallel

In Psalm 83:15, a tempest pursues God's enemies—same storm judgment imagery against the wicked.

Nahum 1:8 Parallel

Nahum 1:8 depicts an overwhelming flood as judgment on Nineveh — echoing the flood imagery here.

Jeremiah 47:2 uses the same 'waters overflowing' imagery for judgment — a strong verbal and thematic parallel.

Lamentations 2:8 explicitly uses the 'measuring line' for destruction — the same tool of judgment as here.

In 2 Corinthians 10:13, Paul uses the same 'measuring line' image for God's assigned sphere—echoing God's standard of justice and limit-setting.

In Ezekiel 38:22, hailstones and torrential rain are sent as judgment on Gog, similar to the storm against false refuges.

In Revelation 8:7, hail and fire fall as judgment, echoing the hail that sweeps away refuge of lies here.

Exodus 9:18 Parallel

In Exodus 9:18, God sends a severe hailstorm on Egypt—parallel to the hail that destroys false refuges in 28:17, both acts of judgment.

2 Peter 3:6 Parallel

In 2 Peter 3:6, the global flood waters destroyed the ancient world—an earlier example of waters of judgment sweeping away evil.

In Revelation 19:2, God's judgments are true and just, aligning with Isaiah's theme of justice as the measuring line.

Romans 2:5 Parallel

In Romans 2:5, God's righteous judgment brings wrath, similar to the destructive judgment in Isaiah's hail and waters.

Job 22:16 Parallel

In Job 22:16, the wicked are swept away by a flood, matching the waters that overflow hiding places here.

In Joshua 10:11, God uses hailstones to defeat Israel's enemies—parallel to the hail in 28:17 that destroys the refuge of lies.

Exodus 9:19 Contrast

In Exodus 9:19, God warns to gather cattle for shelter from the hail—contrasting the false refuges that cannot protect in 28:17.