Isaiah 30:28
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 30:33, the same breath of the LORD becomes burning sulfur to ignite the pyre for Assyria.
In Isaiah 8:8, the Assyrian flood reaches up to the neck — the same metaphor of overwhelming judgment used here.
In Isaiah 11:4, the breath of the Lord's lips slays the wicked — the same instrument of judgment as the overflowing breath here.
In Isaiah 28:17, hail and waters sweep away lies — the same flood imagery for God's purging judgment.
Isaiah 28:18 also describes judgment as an overwhelming scourge, echoing the flood imagery of God's breath as a torrent.
Isaiah 37:29 mentions a hook in nose and bit in mouth for Assyria — the same bridle imagery for controlling nations.
2 Kings 19:28 uses a bit and bridle to control Sennacherib, directly echoing the bridle that leads nations astray here.
In Psalm 18:15, the blast of God's breath exposes foundations — matching the breath-as-judgment imagery here.
Amos 9:9 uses the same sieve metaphor for God shaking Israel — a direct parallel to sifting nations here.
In 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Christ slays the lawless one with the breath of his mouth — directly echoing the divine breath of judgment here.
In Revelation 1:16, a sharp two-edged sword comes from Christ's mouth — weaponized speech matching the destructive breath here.
In Revelation 2:16, Christ warns he will war with the sword of his mouth — the same mouth-as-weapon imagery as the breath here.
Habakkuk 3:12-15 portrays God threshing nations and trampling the sea — similar sifting and overwhelming judgment.