Isaiah 5:4
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Cross-reference
In 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, the people pollute the temple and mock God's prophets, mirroring the vineyard's failure despite God's care.
Acts 7:51-60 describes Stephen accusing the council of resisting the Holy Spirit like their fathers — continuing the pattern of rejecting God's messengers.
Matthew 23:37 records Jesus lamenting over Jerusalem's rejection of His gathering — a New Testament echo of God's lament in the vineyard.
Ezekiel 24:13 says God's purging was futile because Israel remained filthy — echoing the vineyard's failure to produce fruit despite care.
Jeremiah 6:30 declares Israel 'reprobate silver' rejected by God — the outcome of futile refining, parallel to the vineyard's condemnation.
Jeremiah 6:29 depicts the refiner's bellows burned in vain — like the vineyard's wasted effort, God's refining did not remove wickedness.
Jeremiah 2:30 recounts God smiting Israel's children in vain — they refused correction, just as the vineyard yielded wild grapes despite God's work.
Jeremiah 8:13 laments no grapes on the vine, matching the disappointment of finding wild grapes instead of good fruit.
Jeremiah 2:21 directly parallels the choice vine turned wild — identical metaphor of Israel's corruption.
In Hosea 6:4, God's same frustration echoes — Israel's love is fleeting like morning dew, answering the lament 'why wild grapes?'
In Zephaniah 3:7, God expected fear and correction, but Israel became more corrupt — directly mirrors the vineyard's failure.
In Matthew 21:19, Jesus curses a fruitless fig tree — a living parable of God finding no fruit despite expectation, just like the vineyard.
In Matthew 21:34, the vineyard owner sends servants for fruit — a direct retelling of God's expectation in the vineyard song.
In Matthew 21:37, the owner sends his son — showing God's ultimate patience and the rejection that follows, fulfilling the 'what more' question.
Jeremiah 2:5 echoes God's plea: 'What wrong did your fathers find in me?' — parallel to 'What more could I have done?'
In Mark 11:20, the withered fig tree confirms judgment for fruitlessness — a visible consequence of the vineyard's failure.
In Luke 20:13, the vineyard owner sends his son after failed servants — paralleling God's patient expectation and disappointment in Isaiah 5:4.
In Deuteronomy 32:32, Israel's vine is from Sodom, yielding poisonous grapes — same metaphor of false fruit despite God's care.