Isaiah 5:30
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 13:10, the same cosmic darkness accompanies Babylon's judgment — stars, sun, and moon all failing.
In Isaiah 59:9, people look for light but find only darkness and deep shadows — directly matching Isaiah 5:30's theme of darkness covering the land.
In Revelation 16:10, the fifth bowl plunges the beast's kingdom into darkness, mirroring Isaiah's picture of darkness and judgment.
In Revelation 6:12, the same cosmic darkness — sun turned black — echoes Isaiah's judgment scene of darkened sun and distress.
Matthew 24:29 quotes the cosmos darkening at Christ's return — the same prophetic darkness as here.
Amos 8:9 darkens the earth at noon — a specific judgment, echoing this cosmic gloom.
Joel 2:10 has the sun and moon darkened during the Day of the Lord — same eschatological darkness.
Ezekiel 32:8 continues darkening the bright lights — reinforcing the same judgment imagery.
Ezekiel 32:7 darkens the heavens over Pharaoh — a cosmic judgment parallel to this passage.
Jeremiah 50:42 repeats the same 'roars like the sea' metaphor for judgment on Babylon — a strong verbal parallel to Isaiah 5:30.
Jeremiah 6:23 uses identical phrasing 'voice roars like the sea' for the Babylonian army — directly parallel to Isaiah's metaphor for Assyria.
Jeremiah 4:23-28 depicts the earth waste and heavens dark — an identical scene of divine judgment.
In Ezekiel 30:18, the day is darkened and covered with clouds — matching Isaiah's description of sun darkened by clouds.
In Ezekiel 26:3, many nations rise against Tyre like the sea casting up waves — a direct parallel to the roaring sea imagery in Isaiah 5:30.
Joel 2:2 uses the same darkness and cloud imagery for the day of the Lord, reinforcing this judgment scene.
In Jeremiah 13:16, God brings utter darkness and deep gloom — echoing Isaiah's darkened sun and distress.
Amos 5:18 directly describes the day of the Lord as darkness, not light, echoing this prophecy.
In Jeremiah 4:28, the heavens grow dark and the earth mourns — the same cosmic response to God's irreversible judgment.
Exodus 10:21-23 shows darkness as a plague on Egypt — a historical precedent for the judgment darkness here.