Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Cross-references

Isaiah 5:10 Parallel

Isaiah 5:10 describes crop failure — the consequence of the curse of briers and no rain in the vineyard.

Isaiah 5:9 Parallel

Isaiah 5:9 continues the judgment oracle, describing desolate houses — the same fate as the vineyard's waste.

In Isaiah 7:23-25, the same image of briers and thorns overtaking the land appears — a nearby prophecy of Judah's devastation.

Isaiah 32:14 continues the desolation scene — forsaken palace and deserted city — mirroring the vineyard's waste.

Isaiah 32:13 repeats the 'thorns and briers' imagery from the vineyard curse, applying it to the land.

In Isaiah 30:23, rain is promised for faithful sowing — the opposite of the rain withheld here; blessing contrasts with curse.

Isaiah 27:3 Contrast

Isaiah 27:3 shows God watering the vineyard constantly, contrasting the rain withheld in judgment here.

Isaiah 1:30 Parallel

Isaiah 1:30 compares Israel to a garden without water, directly paralleling the withheld rain and withering in the vineyard.

Isaiah 1:7 Parallel

Isaiah 1:7 describes the land made desolate by strangers, mirroring the vineyard's waste under God's judgment.

Isaiah 55:10 describes rain that waters the earth for harvest, contrasting the rain withheld as judgment on the vineyard.

Isaiah 29:17 envisions transformation of forest to fruitful field, opposite of the vineyard becoming thorns; a contrast of restoration.

Isaiah 24:1-3 expands the judgment to global desolation and scattering — an extension of the vineyard's curse.

Isaiah 6:12 Parallel

Isaiah 6:12 continues the desolation — people removed and forsaken places — mirroring the vineyard's curse.

Isaiah 6:11 Parallel

Isaiah 6:11 echoes the desolation theme — cities waste and land desolate — matching the vineyard's abandonment.

Isaiah 24:12 depicts city desolation — a specific instance of the waste decreed for the vineyard.

Revelation 11:6 describes the two witnesses shutting the sky to stop rain — echoing the divine command here to withhold rain as judgment.

Jeremiah 25:11 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 25:11, the 70-year desolation of the land is prophesied — a specific application of the general judgment pictured here.

Amos 4:7 Parallel

Amos 4:7 echoes this same judgment: God withholds rain on some fields, causing withering — a parallel drought curse for Israel's unfaithfulness.

Zechariah 14:17 uses the same drought threat: no rain for those who refuse to worship — echoing the withholding of rain here as divine judgment.

Hebrews 6:6-8 uses the same vineyard imagery: rain, thorns, and curse — applying the principle of judgment on unfruitful land to apostasy.

2 Chronicles 36:19–21 Prophetic fulfillment

In 2 Chronicles 36:19-21, the exile fulfills the land's Sabbath rest — the historical outworking of the same desolation decreed here.

In Leviticus 26:33-35, the same curse of land lying desolate and enjoying its Sabbaths is promised for covenant disobedience — a direct parallel to the unworked vineyard here.

In Deuteronomy 29:23, the land is described as unsown and barren from divine judgment — mirroring the briers and no rain of this vineyard curse.

Deuteronomy 28:24 describes a curse of dust instead of rain — the same drought judgment imagery as here for covenant unfaithfulness.

In Deuteronomy 28:23, the sky becomes bronze and earth iron — a curse of drought that directly matches the command for no rain here.

Genesis 3:18 says the ground will produce thorns and thistles as part of the curse — the same image here of briers and thorns growing as divine judgment.

Leviticus 26:4 promises rain in season for obedience — the opposite of the drought judgment here for unfaithfulness.

Mark 11:14 Parallel

Mark 11:14 shows Jesus cursing a fruitless fig tree — a symbolic judgment mirroring the vineyard's desolation for lack of fruit.

2 Chronicles 6:26 acknowledges that God withholds rain when His people sin, directly paralleling the judgment by drought here.

Jeremiah 3:3 directly states withheld showers as punishment for harlotry, exactly the same judgment as here.

Hosea 6:3 Contrast

Hosea 6:3 promises God's coming like rain to revive, contrasting the rain withheld in this judgment.

Ezekiel 19:12 depicts a vine uprooted and dried by the east wind, mirroring the vineyard's desolation and fruitlessness.

Psalm 78:23 Parallel

Psalm 78:23 shows God commanding the skies to open and provide food, paralleling the command to shut the clouds here.

Zechariah 10:1 urges asking God for rain as a blessing — the opposite of Isaiah's command to withhold rain in judgment.

Joel 1:7 Parallel

Joel 1:7 describes a vine laid waste by locusts — echoing the same devastation imagery as the judged vineyard.

In 1 Kings 18:1, God sends rain after prolonged drought, showing the same divine control that here withholds it as judgment.

Psalm 72:6 Contrast

Psalm 72:6 depicts rain as a blessing that refreshes the land, in contrast to the withheld rain that brings desolation here.

In Jeremiah 45:4, God declares He is plucking up what He planted — echoing the same divine reversal of blessing seen in the ruined vineyard.

Hosea 10:12 Contrast

Hosea 10:12 promises rain of righteousness to those who seek God — contrasting the withheld rain as judgment in Isaiah.

2 Samuel 1:21 curses Mount Gilboa with no dew or rain — a similar call for drought, though as a lament rather than a divine judgment.

Amos 8:11 Parallel

Amos 8:11 foretells a famine of hearing God's words — a spiritual parallel to the physical drought judgment in Isaiah.

Job 26:8 Parallel

Job 26:8 describes God's power to hold water in clouds, the same control that here commands clouds not to rain.

Leviticus 26:32 describes the land being devastated — the same desolation judgment as here where the vineyard is made a waste.

Job 36:27 Parallel

Job 36:27 explains how God forms rain from water drops, while here He withholds it — both affirm His authority over precipitation.

Luke 13:35 Parallel

Luke 13:35 declares Jerusalem left desolate — matching the vineyard's desolation as a judgment on unfruitful Israel.

Acts 14:17 Contrast

Acts 14:17 highlights God's goodness in sending rain — contrasting the judgment of withheld rain in Isaiah.

Psalm 89:40 Parallel

Psalm 89:40 describes God breaking down walls and strongholds in judgment, similar to the devastation of the vineyard's protections here.