Isaiah 42:25

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 9:13 Parallel

In Isaiah 9:13, the same refusal to turn to God after being struck parallels the lack of understanding here — persistent hardness.

Isaiah 24:6 Parallel

Isaiah 24:6 says earth's inhabitants are 'scorched' by a curse — similar fire judgment imagery.

Isaiah 43:28 pronounces Jacob's destruction — continuation of the same judgment on Israel.

Ezekiel 7:8 Parallel

Ezekiel 7:8 declares God will pour out His wrath and spend His anger, directly echoing the wording of this verse.

In Revelation 16:9, people are scorched by God's heat but still do not repent — exactly the same refusal to take judgment to heart as here.

In Revelation 9:18-21, despite being killed by fire, the survivors do not repent — mirroring the unrepentant response to God's fiery judgment here.

Malachi 2:2 Parallel

In Malachi 2:2, God's curse also comes because people do not take it to heart — same failure to perceive divine anger.

Hosea 7:9 Parallel

In Hosea 7:9, Israel is being devoured by foreigners but does not know it — the same spiritual blindness to judgment seen here.

In Ezekiel 22:22, the same image of God pouring out wrath like fire in a furnace — but there the judgment leads to knowledge, unlike the unrepentant response here.

Ezekiel 22:22 uses 'poured out my wrath' imagery of refining, aligning with the burning anger that consumed Israel.

Leviticus 26:15–46 Historical context

Leviticus 26:15-46 lists covenant curses—fire, war—that God pours out here as burning anger for disobedience.

In Jeremiah 5:3, the same pattern: God strikes his people but they refuse correction and do not repent — identical to the unresponsiveness here.

2 Kings 25:9 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Kings 25:9, the burning of Jerusalem by Babylon fulfills this prophecy of God's fiery judgment that Israel would not understand.

Deuteronomy 32:22 pictures God's wrath as a fire burning to the depths, matching the flames that enveloped Israel.

Jeremiah 12:11 directly parallels 'no one lays it to heart' — the same tragic response of ignoring God's judgment.

Jeremiah 7:20 echoes the pouring out of God's anger and unquenchable fire — the same judgment imagery as here against Israel's disobedience.

Ezekiel 36:18 directly parallels 'I poured out my wrath' upon Israel for bloodshed and idols — the same basis and action as in Isaiah.

Psalm 78:49 Parallel

Psalm 78:49 describes God unleashing 'burning anger' and destroying angels — identical theme of fierce wrath.

Hosea 8:14 Parallel

Hosea 8:14 parallels the fire sent on Israel's cities for forgetting God — matching the 'set him on fire' and the failure to understand.

Psalm 79:6 Contrast

Psalm 79:6 asks God to pour wrath on nations, but here God pours it on Israel—a surprising reversal of target.

Nahum 1:6 Parallel

In Nahum 1:6, God's wrath is similarly poured out like fire — but against Nineveh, showing this is a universal pattern of divine judgment.

Haggai 2:17 Parallel

In Haggai 2:17, God's judgments (blight, mildew, hail) also failed to produce repentance, paralleling Israel's failure to understand His anger.

2 Chronicles 12:7 shows God relenting when people humble — contrasting with the unperceiving response here.

In Revelation 16:1-21, the seven bowls are God's wrath poured out — echoing the same divine judgment imagery, but in an eschatological context.

Jeremiah 15:14 uses the same 'fire of anger' metaphor for judgment against Israel, though the specific lack of understanding is not mentioned.

Ezekiel 30:8 applies the same fire-of-judgment motif to Egypt — a different nation but the same divine pattern of fiery punishment.

In Matthew 24:39, people were oblivious to judgment until it arrived, mirroring Israel not taking God's anger to heart.