Isaiah 5:24

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 47:14 uses the same image of fire devouring stubble to depict the destruction of Babylon.

Isaiah 30:12 directly parallels: 'Because you despise this word' — using the same phrase for rejecting God's word that brings ruin.

In Isaiah 33:11, 'you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you' directly parallels the stubble and fire imagery here.

In Isaiah 33:14, sinners ask who can live with 'consuming fire', the same fire of judgment depicted here.

Isaiah 9:18 Parallel

In Isaiah 9:18, wickedness burns like fire consuming briers—the same fire imagery as the 'tongue of fire' here depicting judgment.

In Isaiah 26:11, 'fire will devour Your enemies' echoes the consuming fire here, reinforcing judgment on the wicked.

Joel 2:5 Parallel

Joel 2:5 compares locusts to crackling flame devouring stubble, echoing this judgment imagery.

Jeremiah 8:9 says the wise are shamed because 'they have rejected the word of the LORD' — the same sin that brings rottenness and dust here.

Nahum 1:10 Parallel

Nahum 1:10 says God's enemies are consumed like dry stubble — the same picture of complete destruction.

Malachi 4:1 Allusion

Malachi 4:1 warns evildoers will be stubble burned up on the coming day — a later echo of this prophecy.

Matthew 3:12 depicts burning chaff like stubble — John the Baptist’s judgment warning mirrors this image.

Luke 3:17 Allusion

In Luke 3:17, John the Baptist uses the same agricultural fire imagery for final judgment, echoing Isaiah's warning of consuming stubble.

Luke 10:16 Related theme

In Luke 10:16, rejecting Christ’s messengers is rejecting God — echoing the spurning of God’s word in Isaiah.

John 12:48 Related theme

John 12:48 warns that rejecting Jesus' words brings final judgment — echoing the principle that despising God’s word leads to destruction.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 equates disregarding apostolic instruction with disregarding God — directly parallel to spurning the Holy One’s word.

Hebrews 10:28 notes that setting aside Moses' law brought death — reinforcing the severity of rejecting God’s law as described here.

Hebrews 10:29 argues worse punishment for trampling the Son — an escalation of the same principle: rejecting God’s word incurs judgment.

Hosea 9:16 Parallel

Hosea 9:16 speaks of Ephraim's root withered and no fruit, directly paralleling Isaiah's image of root rot and blossom blown away.

Exodus 15:7 Parallel

Exodus 15:7 describes God's fury consuming enemies like stubble — the same metaphor for divine judgment.

Jeremiah 6:19 declares disaster because 'they have not listened to my words; they have rejected my law' — a direct parallel to this verse's cause of judgment.

Psalm 50:17 Allusion

Psalm 50:17 echoes the rejection: 'you hate discipline and cast my words behind you' — the same attitude that leads to judgment here.

Job 18:16 Parallel

Job 18:16 depicts the wicked's root drying up and branches withering, mirroring the root rot and blown blossom in Isaiah's judgment.

Nehemiah 9:26 recounts Israel throwing God's law behind their backs, a historical summary of the rebellion Isaiah condemns.

2 Kings 17:15 explicitly says they rejected God's statutes, the same language as Isaiah's 'rejected the law of the LORD'.

2 Samuel 12:10 pronounces lasting judgment because David 'despised me' — showing that despising God’s word is despising God himself, as here.

2 Samuel 12:9 rebukes David: 'Why have you despised the word of the LORD?' — the identical sin that leads to judgment in this verse.

In Obadiah 1:18, the house of Jacob is a fire consuming Esau as stubble—mirroring the stubble-and-fire judgment imagery here.

Job 21:18 Parallel

Job 21:18 compares the wicked to straw blown away — identical imagery to the stubble and dust in Isaiah’s judgment.

In Ezekiel 15:6, God gives the wood of the vine to the fire, just as the people here are consumed like stubble—both use fire for judgment.

Amos 2:9 Parallel

Amos 2:9 uses root and fruit destruction for the Amorites, a similar metaphor of total judgment though on a different people.

Acts 13:41 Related theme

Acts 13:41 warns scoffers of destruction — mirroring the fate of those who reject God’s word in Isaiah.