Isaiah 34:3

Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 34:7 Parallel

Isaiah 34:7 continues the judgment: land soaked with blood, reinforcing the image of blood covering mountains.

Isaiah 14:19 describes the king of Babylon cast out like a corpse, echoing the exposure of slain here.

Isaiah 14:20 denies burial to the king, matching the unburied corpses and stench in this verse.

Jeremiah 8:2 also depicts unburied corpses left as dung, echoing the same judgment of exposed dead bodies.

Jeremiah 22:19 describes Jehoiakim's body dragged and cast out like a donkey, paralleling the cast-out corpses here.

Ezekiel 32:5 has flesh laid on mountains, echoing the image of carcasses strewn over mountains.

Ezekiel 32:6 says blood waters the land to the mountains, paralleling mountains melted with blood.

Ezekiel 39:4 has bodies left for birds and beasts, matching the unburied dead imagery in Isaiah.

Joel 2:20 Allusion

Joel 2:20 repeats 'his stink shall come up', applying the same phrase to the northern army's decay.

Revelation 14:20 depicts blood flowing from the winepress, echoing the blood imagery of divine judgment here.

2 Kings 9:35–37 Historical context

2 Kings 9:35-37 shows Jezebel's body left as dung, a vivid example of the dishonorable end described.

In Deuteronomy 28:26, the curse of unburied corpses being eaten by birds and beasts parallels the slain cast out in Isa 34:3, both depicting utter desolation.

Jeremiah 8:2 has bones spread as dung unburied, reinforcing the imagery of corpses left exposed.

In Ezekiel 30:11, the most terrible nations fill the land with slain — echoing the slain cast out in Isa 34:3, both judgments leaving bodies unburied.

Ezekiel 39:11 mentions burial to stop the stench, while here stench rises from unburied corpses—a thematic link.

Ezekiel 21:32 Related theme

In Ezekiel 21:32, the sword judgment brings blood in the land — similar to the mountains flowing with blood in Isa 34:3, both scenes of divine wrath.