Isaiah 5:1

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Cross-references

Isaiah 27:2 Allusion

Isaiah 27:2 directly echoes this vineyard song: 'A pleasant vineyard, sing of it!' — a clear verbal and thematic parallel.

Isaiah 27:3 Parallel

Isaiah 27:3 continues the vineyard metaphor, describing the LORD as keeper who waters and guards it — reinforcing the allegory.

Isaiah 1:2 Related theme

Isaiah 1:2 begins the same book with God's complaint against Israel—same covenant context though no vineyard.

Psalm 80:8 Parallel

Psalm 80:8 uses the vine as a metaphor for Israel brought from Egypt, closely paralleling Isaiah's vineyard allegory.

Luke 20:9 Allusion

Luke 20:9 records the same parable of the vineyard tenants, directly referencing Isaiah's imagery.

Jeremiah 2:21 echoes the vineyard parable: God planted a choice vine but Israel became degenerate wild vine.

Mark 12:1 Allusion

Mark 12:1 parallels Matthew's parable, using Isaiah's vineyard to tell the same story of rebellious tenants.

Matthew 21:33 directly alludes to Isaiah's vineyard in Jesus' parable of the tenants, expanding the judgment theme.

Ezekiel 15:6 announces judgment on the vine given to fire — directly parallels Isaiah's vineyard being destroyed for bad fruit.

Matthew 20:1 uses a vineyard as a metaphor for God's kingdom — directly echoing Isaiah's vineyard imagery and God's dealings with Israel.

Hosea 10:1 Parallel

Hosea 10:1 describes Israel as a luxuriant vine whose fruit leads to idolatry — parallels Isaiah's vineyard yielding wild grapes.

Jeremiah 12:10 repeats the vineyard metaphor for Israel and its destruction—direct parallel to Isaiah's judgment.

Psalm 80:15 Parallel

Psalm 80:15 uses the same vine metaphor for Israel—the stock God planted—echoing Isaiah's vineyard song.

John 15:1 Allusion

John 15:1 transforms the vineyard metaphor: Jesus is the true vine, God the vinedresser, a Christological shift.

Ezekiel 15:2 questions the vine's worth — echoing Isaiah's vineyard that yielded wild grapes, highlighting Israel's uselessness.

Luke 13:6 Parallel

Luke 13:6 sets a parable in a vineyard where the owner expects fruit — mirrors God's expectation of good grapes from Isaiah's vineyard.

Ezekiel 19:10 depicts Israel as a fruitful vine planted by water — similar to Isaiah's hopeful start, but followed by judgment.

Exodus 15:17 speaks of God planting Israel on His mountain, the same planting metaphor that Isaiah develops into a vineyard.

Hebrews 6:8 Parallel

Hebrews 6:8 describes land yielding thorns as cursed — the same agricultural judgment imagery as the vineyard producing wild grapes here.