Isaiah 47:14

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

Cross-reference

In Isaiah 30:14, a shattered pot leaves no sherd usable for fire — the same total destruction imagery as here.

In Isaiah 40:24, the same stubble imagery appears: nations wither under God's breath, just as Babylon is consumed by fire.

Isaiah 5:24 Parallel

In Isaiah 5:24, fire devours stubble as judgment — the same image of complete consumption used here.

Isaiah 41:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 41:2, the conqueror makes nations like driven stubble — similar swift destruction, though by sword rather than fire.

In Psalm 83:13-15, the same chaff and fire imagery is used — a prayer for God to consume enemies like flames.

In Jeremiah 51:26, no stone of Babylon is usable for building — a parallel to no coal usable for warmth.

Joel 2:5 Parallel

In Joel 2:5, 'flame of fire devouring the stubble' describes the locust army — a direct parallel to Babylon's fire judgment.

In Obadiah 1:18, Esau becomes stubble consumed by fire — the same metaphor for total destruction as Babylon's fate here.

Nahum 1:10 Parallel

In Nahum 1:10, enemies are consumed like dry stubble — the same image of quick judgment by fire.

Malachi 4:1 Parallel

In Malachi 4:1, evildoers are stubble burned up — the same image as Babylon's judgment, here applied to the final day.

Exodus 15:7 Parallel

In Exodus 15:7, God's wrath consumes enemies as stubble — a direct parallel to the stubble burned by fire here.

In Jeremiah 51:25, Babylon is called a burnt mountain — another image of divine judgment against Babylon.

In Ezekiel 15:7, fire consumes despite escape — a similar divine judgment by fire, applied here to Jerusalem instead of Babylon.