Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 59:16, God finds 'no man' to intercede – the same lament as 50:2, and His own arm brings salvation, answering the power question.
Isaiah 59:1 directly answers the question: 'The LORD's hand is not shortened' — affirming God's power to save.
In Isaiah 51:10, the prophet recalls God drying up the sea for redemption — directly echoing this verse’s imagery.
In Isaiah 43:16, God makes a way through the sea — the same power over waters that dries up the sea here.
In Isaiah 42:15, God dries up rivers and pools — the same action of turning waters into wilderness described here.
In Isaiah 66:4, the same indictment 'when I called, no one answered' – confirming the pattern of disobedience.
In Isaiah 65:12, God repeats 'when I called, you did not answer' – directly linking Israel's persistent refusal to respond as in 50:2.
In Isaiah 63:13, God leads His people through the depths — the same exodus event this verse alludes to.
Isaiah 63:5 echoes 'none to help' and God's own arm bringing salvation, paralleling Isaiah 50:2's question about powerless.
Isaiah 42:24 explains that Israel's disobedience led to their captivity, the same reason God's call went unanswered in Isaiah 50:2.
In Isaiah 11:15, God again demonstrates power by drying up the sea, echoing Isaiah 50:2's rebuke of the waters.
Isaiah 64:7 laments that no one calls on God, the reverse of Isaiah 50:2's complaint that no one answered His call.
In Isaiah 36:20, the Assyrian king mocks God's ability to deliver — a direct contrast to God's claim here.
Jeremiah 7:13 directly echoes: 'I called you, but ye answered not' — identical complaint.
Jeremiah 35:15: God sent prophets, but people did not incline their ear — strong parallel of rejected call.
Hosea 11:2: 'As they called them, so they went from them' — calling met with rejection.
Hosea 11:7: 'though they called them to the most High, none would exalt him' — same refusal.
Nahum 1:4 says God 'rebukes the sea and makes it dry' — nearly identical language to this verse.
John 1:11: 'He came unto his own, and his own received him not' — NT parallel of divine rejection.
In Exodus 14:29, Israel walks on dry ground through the sea — the result of the drying that this verse invokes.
Proverbs 1:24 parallels the call-and-refusal pattern: 'I have called, and ye refused' — same divine lament.
In Psalm 114:3, the sea flees and Jordan turns back — poetic description of the exodus events alluded to here.
Psalm 106:9 recounts God rebuking the Red Sea and drying it up — the same power displayed here.
In Exodus 14:21, God dries up the Red Sea — the historical event this verse references to show His saving power.
In Joshua 3:16, the Jordan River stops for Israel to cross — another example of God drying waters for deliverance.
Numbers 11:23 directly asks 'Is the LORD's hand shortened?' — the exact phrase echoed here, emphasizing God's power.
John 5:40 shows the same refusal: people will not come to Christ for life, echoing God's question 'why was there no one to answer?'.
John 3:32 continues the theme: Christ testifies what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony, paralleling the unanswered call.
John 3:11 echoes the same rejection: Jesus testifies truth, but people do not receive his witness, just as God called but no one answered.
Luke 13:34 repeats Jesus' lament over Jerusalem's unwillingness, echoing the same refusal to respond to God as in Isaiah 50:2.
In Matthew 23:37, Jesus laments that Jerusalem was unwilling to be gathered — paralleling Isaiah 50:2's complaint that no one answered God's call.
Zechariah 7:13 reflects the same dynamic: God called and no one answered, leading to reciprocal silence — a direct echo of Isaiah 50:2's complaint.
Jeremiah 14:9 questions why God acts like he cannot save, echoing Isaiah 50:2's 'Is my hand shortened?'
Jeremiah 7:27 directly parallels: 'they will not answer' when God calls, the same complaint as Isaiah 50:2.
In Mark 4:39, Jesus rebukes the wind and sea, showing the same divine authority over creation that Isaiah calls on.
2 Chronicles 32:15 similarly records the Assyrian taunt that no god can deliver — opposing God's assertion of power.
Psalm 31:5 affirms 'thou hast redeemed me' — answering the question 'is my hand shortened that it cannot redeem?'
Micah 2:7 counters accusations that God's Spirit is impatient — paralleling Isaiah 50:2's rhetorical defense of God's power to redeem.
2 Chronicles 6:26 speaks of God shutting heaven for drought as judgment — similar to God drying up rivers in judgment here.
Song of Solomon 5:6 mirrors the 'I called but no answer' lament, though in a romantic context.