Isaiah 30:13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 29:5, the same sudden destruction imagery appears — enemies vanish like chaff 'at an instant suddenly', echoing the sudden collapse here.
In Isaiah 1:28, rebels are broken together, echoing that the wall's collapse destroys those who forsake the LORD.
In Isaiah 9:14, the LORD cuts off Israel in one day—sudden judgment like the wall falling in an instant.
In Isaiah 31:2, disaster comes against evildoers, similar to the collapse of the wall as divine retribution.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 'sudden destruction' comes like a thief — a clear New Testament echo of the sudden collapse theme.
In Psalm 73:19, the wicked are 'brought into desolation as in a moment' — the same sudden collapse imagery as the breached wall.
Proverbs 29:1 says the stubborn are 'suddenly destroyed, and that without remedy' — directly matching the sudden collapse described here.
Ezekiel 13:10-15 uses the same flimsy wall metaphor for false security that God will demolish — a clear thematic parallel.
Deuteronomy 32:35 declares vengeance and that 'their foot shall slide' — calamity at hand, echoing the imminent sudden fall.
Ezekiel 13:15 shows God demolishing the wall built by false prophets — the same sudden collapse imagery used here for Israel's judgment.
In Proverbs 6:15, calamity comes suddenly and breaks beyond healing—identical imagery to the wall collapsing in an instant.
In Ecclesiastes 9:12, people are snared when evil suddenly falls—parallel to the wall's abrupt collapse on sinners.
1 Kings 20:30 records a literal wall collapse killing troops — the same image of sudden destruction from a flawed wall.
In Job 34:20, sudden death at midnight mirrors the instantaneous collapse—both depict divine judgment arriving without warning.
In Psalm 64:7, God's arrow strikes the wicked suddenly, paralleling the unexpected destruction of the bulging wall.
Matthew 7:27 describes a house collapsing due to no foundation — similar sudden judgment imagery for building on sand.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 describes sudden destruction like labor pains — echoing the unexpected collapse depicted here.