Isaiah 38:11

I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

Cross-reference

Psalm 6:5 Parallel

Psalm 6:5 states in death there is no remembrance of God—directly supporting Hezekiah's despair of not seeing the Lord.

Psalm 27:13 Contrast

Psalm 27:13 expresses hope to see God's goodness in the land of the living—directly opposing Hezekiah's lament.

Psalm 116:8 Contrast

In Psalm 116:8, the psalmist thanks God for delivering him from death — the opposite of Hezekiah’s fear of being cut off from the land of the living.

Psalm 116:9 Contrast

In Psalm 116:9, the psalmist declares he will walk before the Lord in the land of the living — directly opposite Hezekiah’s lament that he will not see the Lord there.

Job 7:9 Parallel

In Job 7:9, Job says the one who goes down to the grave does not return — mirroring Hezekiah’s hopeless expectation of permanent departure from life.

Job 10:21 Parallel

Job 10:21 speaks of going to a land of darkness from which no one returns — the same irreversible fate Hezekiah fears in his lament.

Jeremiah 11:19 uses the same phrase 'land of the living' in a context of being cut off, directly echoing Hezekiah's words.

Psalm 31:22 Parallel

Psalm 31:22 mirrors Hezekiah's lament of being cut off from God but adds that God heard his cry — a parallel despair and hope.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 states the dead know nothing — reinforcing the total separation from life and God that Hezekiah dreads in his illness.

Psalm 31:12 Parallel

In Psalm 31:12, David feels forgotten like a dead man out of mind — a similar sense of being cut off that Hezekiah laments regarding the living.

Ecclesiastes 9:6 adds that the dead have no part in anything under the sun — echoing Hezekiah’s fear of no longer seeing mankind.

Ezekiel 32:23 also mentions 'land of the living' but describes the dead—a verbal parallel with a different setting.