Isaiah 31:8
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 37:38 describes Sennacherib's assassination by his sons' sword — the direct fulfillment of the Assyrian falling by the sword.
Isaiah 10:16-19 describes the Lord consuming Assyria with fire — the same divine judgment on Assyria foretold here.
Isaiah 10:33 depicts the Lord hewing down the lofty — a parallel image of Assyria's divinely orchestrated fall.
Isaiah 10:34 continues the forest imagery, with Lebanon falling — same judgment on Assyria.
Isaiah 14:25 explicitly states God will break Assyria in His land — a direct parallel to the fall foretold.
Isaiah 30:27-33 vividly portrays the Lord's burning anger against Assyria — same event of Assyria's destruction foretold.
Isaiah 37:35 records God's promise to defend Jerusalem from Assyria — the protection that accompanies the Assyrian's fall.
Isaiah 37:37 records Sennacherib's retreat after the angel's slaughter — the historical fulfillment of the Assyrian's fall by divine sword.
Isaiah 17:13 depicts God rebuking nations causing them to flee — parallel to the Assyrian fleeing from the divine sword in Isaiah 31.
Isaiah 37:7 is God's earlier prophecy that Sennacherib will fall by the sword in his own land — a direct parallel to Isaiah 31:8's declaration.
Isaiah 37:36 describes the angel striking the Assyrian camp — the divine sword that fulfills the prophecy of Assyria falling not by human might.
2 Chronicles 32:21 recounts the same historical fulfillment — the angel cuts down Assyrian leaders and Sennacherib is killed.
Hosea 1:7 echoes the same idea: God saves Judah without bow or sword — a direct parallel to the divine deliverance from Assyria without human weapon.
2 Kings 19:34-37 narrates the actual fulfillment — the angel strikes the Assyrian camp and Sennacherib is killed by his sons.
In Nahum 1:12, the LORD declares Assyria will be cut down despite strength, directly paralleling the sword fall in Isaiah.
In Nahum 2:13, the sword devours Nineveh's young lions, reinforcing the same divine judgment on Assyria.
Psalm 76:5 describes the mighty being rendered powerless — a poetic parallel to the Assyrian's fall by divine, not human, sword.