Isaiah 38:12

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Cross-reference

Job 7:6 Parallel

Job 7:6 uses the same weaver imagery — days swift as a shuttle — echoing Hezekiah's lament about life cut short.

Job 9:25 Parallel

Job 9:25 compares days to a swift runner, matching the theme of fleeting life in Hezekiah's lament.

Job 17:1 Parallel

Job 17:1 laments broken spirit and near death, matching Hezekiah's sense of life being cut off.

Psalm 31:22 Parallel

Psalm 31:22 expresses being 'cut off' from God's sight, similar to Hezekiah's feeling of being cut off, but ends with God hearing.

Psalm 89:45-47 speaks of God cutting short days and hiding, closely mirroring Hezekiah's complaint about his brief life.

Psalm 102:23 states 'He has shortened my days,' a direct parallel to Hezekiah's cry of being brought to an end.

Psalm 102:24 pleads not to be taken in midlife, matching Hezekiah's lament of being cut off in his prime.

Psalm 90:10 Parallel

Psalm 90:10 reflects on life's brevity—'soon gone, we fly away'—strongly paralleling Hezekiah's rolled-up weaver metaphor for short life.

Job 7:7 Parallel

Job 7:7 laments life as a breath, paralleling Hezekiah's imagery of life quickly ended like a tent or loom.

Job 7:3–5 Parallel

Job 7:3-5 describes a life of misery and physical affliction, paralleling Hezekiah's lament over his illness.

Job 9:26 Parallel

Job 9:26 adds images of swift boats and swooping eagles, reinforcing the theme of life's rapid passing.

Job 14:2 Parallel

Job 14:2 uses flower withering and shadow fleeing to describe human transience, similar to Hezekiah's tent/weaver imagery.

Psalm 31:12 Parallel

Psalm 31:12 laments being forgotten like broken pottery, paralleling Hezekiah's image of a plucked-up tent—both express being discarded.

Psalm 102:11 compares days to a passing shadow, echoing Hezekiah's sense of life's transience.

James 4:14 Parallel

James 4:14 calls life a vanishing mist, echoing the Old Testament theme of life's brevity seen here.

Job 27:18 Parallel

Job 27:18 compares the wicked's house to a fragile hut, similar to Hezekiah's tent metaphor for life's temporary dwelling.