Isaiah 5:5
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Cross-references
Isaiah 10:6 identifies the Assyrian army as the instrument that tramples God's people — the trampling of the vineyard made concrete.
In Isaiah 27:10, a fortified city becomes solitary and desolate — the same judgment of abandonment pictured in the vineyard's laid‑waste condition.
In Isaiah 27:11, dry boughs are burned and no compassion shown — extending the vineyard’s fate after God removes protection.
In Isaiah 1:7, the same judgment theme: land devoured and trampled by foreigners, echoing the vineyard's fate.
In Isaiah 22:5, a day of trampling and battering down walls mirrors the vineyard's broken wall and trampling.
In Deuteronomy 28:49-52, a foreign nation besieges and ruins cities — matching the vineyard being trampled underfoot as judgment.
Psalm 74:1-10 laments that God has abandoned His people to enemies, echoing the same removal of divine protection that leaves the vineyard exposed.
Psalm 80:12-16 uses the same vineyard image: 'Why have you broken down its walls?' — directly echoing the breaking down of the vineyard's wall here.
In Leviticus 26:31-35, covenantal curses include land desolation and exile — the same judgment enacted when God removes the vineyard's hedge.
Lamentations 1:2-9 describes Jerusalem's desolation after judgment — the fulfillment of the vineyard being trampled and its protection removed.
Lamentations 4:12 notes the shock that enemies entered Jerusalem's gates — the very breach of defenses that Isaiah 5:5 threatened.
Mark 12:9 concludes the tenants parable with the owner destroying them and giving the vineyard to others, mirroring God's action.
Matthew 21:41 in the tenants parable declares the wicked will be destroyed and the vineyard given to others, a direct judgment parallel.
Matthew 21:19 shows Jesus cursing a fruitless fig tree, a symbolic act of judgment echoing the vineyard's destruction.
Matthew 7:19 warns that every fruitless tree is cut down and burned, applying the same principle of judgment as the vineyard.
Hosea 2:12 has God destroying vines and fig trees, a parallel judgment on Israel for unfaithfulness, like the vineyard.
Ezekiel 19:12 depicts a vine plucked up and dried up, using the same imagery of God's judgment on unfruitful Israel.
Lamentations 2:8 says the LORD purposed to destroy the wall of Zion, echoing the breaking down of the vineyard's wall in judgment.
Lamentations 2:6 describes God laying waste to His tabernacle and festival, mirroring the vineyard destruction as judgment on Jerusalem.
In Psalm 89:40, God also breaks down walls and ruins strongholds — the same metaphor of removing protection, applied to David's covenant.
In Jeremiah 2:19, Israel's own evil chastises them — the cause behind the vineyard judgment announced here.
Amos 9:11 promises restoration of David's fallen booth, contrasting the vineyard's destruction with future renewal.
In Jeremiah 18:11, God announces disaster and calls for repentance — a parallel divine judgment warning to Israel.