Isaiah 32:14

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Cross-reference

Isaiah 5:9 Parallel

In Isaiah 5:9, the Lord swears that many houses will be desolate and without inhabitant — the same judgment of forsaken dwellings.

In Isaiah 24:10, the wasted city is broken down and houses are shut up — the same image of a derelict city.

In Isaiah 24:12, desolation remains in the city and its gates are battered — the same aftermath of judgment.

Isaiah 25:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 25:2, the fortified city is made a ruin and never rebuilt — a permanent desolation parallel to the forsaken palace.

In Isaiah 27:10, the fortified city is solitary, deserted, and becomes pasture for calves — almost identical imagery to the wild donkeys and flocks.

Isaiah 34:11-17 describes a parallel desolation with wild creatures inhabiting ruined land, deepening the imagery of divine judgment.

Isaiah 62:4 Contrast

Isaiah 62:4 reverses this desolation: Zion is no longer 'Forsaken' or 'Desolate' but restored and married.

Isaiah 34:13 vividly describes thorns and wild animals inhabiting palaces, a direct parallel to the hill and watchtower becoming dens.

Isaiah 5:6 Parallel

Isaiah 5:6 describes the vineyard made waste, overgrown with briers — same theme of judgment turning land to wild desolation.

In Isaiah 24:1-3, the Lord empties the earth and scatters its inhabitants — a global desolation that matches the local forsakenness.

Revelation 18:2 uses similar desolation imagery for Babylon's fall, echoing this prophecy of a city becoming a haunt for beasts.

2 Kings 25:9 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 25:9, the Babylonians burn Jerusalem's houses and the temple — the historical fulfillment of this prophecy of desolation.

Lamentations 5:18 pictures Mount Zion desolate with foxes roaming—directly echoes the wild animals in the deserted city.

Ezekiel 25:5 turns Rabbah into a camel stable—parallel imagery of animals occupying a ruined city, though for Ammon.

Luke 21:20 Parallel

In Luke 21:20, Jesus warns that Jerusalem's desolation is near when armies surround it — a later echo of the same judgment.

Luke 21:24 Parallel

In Luke 21:24, Jerusalem is trampled by Gentiles and its people led captive — the extended consequences of the desolation.

Leviticus 26:32 describes covenantal land desolation, matching the abandonment and ruin seen here as judgment for sin.