Isaiah 47:1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 47:7-9 reveals Babylon's pride and false security, providing the reason for the judgment pronounced in verse 1.
Isaiah 3:26 uses the same image of a city sitting on the ground in mourning—identical posture of judgment.
Isaiah 14:13 quotes Babylon's boast of ascending to heaven, the pride that leads to the humbling command in Isaiah 47:1.
Isaiah 14:14 continues Babylon's boast to be like the Most High, directly contrasting with the descent to dust in Isaiah 47:1.
Isaiah 26:5 describes God laying a lofty city low to the dust, matching Babylon's humbling here.
Isaiah 52:2 reverses the command: Jerusalem is told to arise from dust, while Babylon sits in dust.
Isaiah 23:12 calls Sidon 'virgin daughter' and declares her exultation will end — a direct parallel to Babylon's treatment.
Isaiah 13:1 introduces the oracle against Babylon that Isaiah 47:1 is part of — same subject in the same prophetic book.
Isaiah 14:6 describes Babylon's oppressive rule, providing the reason for the humiliation prophesied here.
Revelation 18:7 echoes this theme of a luxurious queen brought down to torment, applying it to the end-times Babylon.
Obadiah 1:4 declares God will bring Edom down from the stars — direct parallel to Babylon's commanded descent.
Ezekiel 26:16 describes Tyre's princes sitting on the ground after losing thrones, mirroring Babylon's commanded descent.
Lamentations 4:5 describes Jerusalem's nobles reduced to ash heaps, echoing Babylon's promised descent from luxury to dust.
Jeremiah 48:18 calls Moab to 'come down and sit on the ground'—an almost identical formula against another proud nation.
Jeremiah 13:18 commands a lowly seat for deposed royalty, mirroring Babylon's call to sit in dust.
2 Kings 19:21 uses 'virgin daughter' for Zion in triumph, while here it is used for Babylon in humiliation — a contrasting application.
Jeremiah 51:29 describes Babylon becoming a desolation, echoing Isaiah's 'sit in the dust' image.
Lamentations 1:1 uses similar imagery of a princess city fallen to slavery, mirroring Babylon's humiliation.
Jeremiah 25:12 specifies the timing (70 years) and punishment of Babylon, fulfilling the judgment announced here.
Daniel 5:20 recounts Nebuchadnezzar's deposition from his throne, a direct example of the proud being brought low.
Daniel 5:26 records the end of Babylon's kingdom, fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy of its fall.
Jeremiah 27:7 predicts Babylon's dominion will end when its time comes, paralleling the call to come down.
Jonah 3:6 shows the king of Nineveh sitting in ashes in repentance — same posture but voluntary, not judgment.
Haggai 2:22 declares God overthrowing thrones of kingdoms, a broader promise that includes Babylon's fall.
Nahum 3:18 laments Assyria's fall with similar imagery of a fallen empire, paralleling Babylon's judgment.
Jeremiah 50:1 introduces a prophecy against Babylon, the same subject as Isaiah 47:1's judgment.
Obadiah 1:3 mocks Edom's pride that thinks no one can bring it down, while Babylon is told to come down.
Ezekiel 28:17 recounts God casting the proud king of Tyre to the ground — a similar humbling of pride.
In Lamentations 2:10, elders sit on the ground in dust mourning Jerusalem — same posture as Babylon's humbling here.
Psalm 89:44 depicts God casting a throne to the ground, a similar image of divine judgment as Babylon's throne removal.
Zechariah 2:7 calls Zion to flee from Babylon, complementing the judgment by urging escape while Babylon falls.