Isaiah 46:3
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Cross-reference
Isaiah 63:9 directly recalls God carrying Israel 'all the days of old', matching the lifelong care described here.
Isaiah 48:1 opens with the identical address 'Listen, descendants of Jacob,' but adds a rebuke about hypocrisy — a direct verbal echo.
Isaiah 44:2 echoes the same womb-formation and help, reinforcing God's care from the very beginning.
Isaiah 44:24 says God formed you in the womb—closely related to carrying from birth, emphasizing God's intimate care from the very start.
Isaiah 1:2 uses the same parent-child metaphor: God reared children who rebelled—directly parallels the nurturing imagery of being carried from birth.
Isaiah 49:1 describes the Servant called from the womb, mirroring God's carrying of Israel from birth but now applied to an individual.
Isaiah 44:21 reinforces God's claim over Israel as His servant, whom He made and will not forget — complementing the image of being carried from birth.
Isaiah 51:1 calls listeners to look to their origins from Abraham — linking to the birth/carrying imagery in 46:3.
Isaiah 48:18 expresses the conditional peace if Israel had listened — showing the consequence of ignoring the call in 46:3.
Isaiah 48:17 presents God as the Redeemer who teaches and directs — expanding on the care theme from 46:3.
Deuteronomy 1:31 pictures God carrying Israel as a father carries his son, paralleling the maternal care image in this verse.
Psalm 71:6 also describes reliance on God from birth, reinforcing the theme of divine carrying from the womb.
In Psalm 22:10, the psalmist echoes being cast on God from the womb, mirroring the corporate care in Isaiah.
Psalm 22:9 explicitly states God brought the psalmist out of the womb, directly paralleling the 'carried since birth' language.
Exodus 19:4 uses the same 'carried' imagery for the exodus, showing God's bearing of Israel throughout history.
Psalm 139:13 recounts God knitting you in the womb—extending the care back before birth, complementing the carrying from birth.
Job 3:11 curses birth, wishing he had died at birth—directly opposite to being cherished from the womb in Isaiah.
Hosea 11:3 echoes the image of God carrying Israel from infancy, emphasizing that despite His care, Israel did not acknowledge Him.
Psalm 81:8-13 recounts God's plea for Israel to listen and His lament they did not — a parallel call-and-response to 46:3's invitation.
Ezekiel 16:6-16 uses the infant rescue allegory to depict God's care from birth, parallel to the carried-from-birth imagery.
Psalm 9:10 says God never forsakes those who seek Him, echoing the promised care from birth in Isaiah.
Deuteronomy 32:11 uses an eagle carrying its young to depict God's protective care, similar to the carrying theme but different metaphor.