Isaiah 54:6
For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 54:11 continues the same prophecy, describing the afflicted and storm-tossed being restored with precious stones — directly parallel to the forsaken wife being comforted.
Isaiah 62:4 reverses the 'Forsaken' label, promising the land will be called 'Married' — directly answering the cast-off wife image.
In Isaiah 30:19, God promises no more weeping and answers cries—direct parallel to the comfort and restoration of the forsaken wife here.
In Isaiah 40:27, Israel feels forgotten—directly answered by God calling the forsaken wife here.
In Isaiah 51:3, God comforts Zion's waste places—the same restoration promised to the forsaken wife here.
Isaiah 60:15 echoes the same restoration: 'you have been forsaken and hated... I will make you majestic forever' — identical theme of turning forsakenness into glory.
Proverbs 5:18 celebrates rejoicing in the 'wife of your youth' — contrasting with the same phrase used here for a forsaken wife.
Hosea 2:2 declares 'she is not my wife' — a divorce that contrasts sharply with God calling back the forsaken wife.
Hosea 2:14 shows God alluring Israel into the wilderness and speaking tenderly — the same wooing of the rejected wife.
Hosea 2:15 promises vineyards and hope, restoring the wife 'as in the days of her youth' — fulfilling the call to the forsaken.
In Malachi 2:14, the phrase 'wife of your youth' appears in a context of faithlessness—mirroring the cast-off wife here whom God restores.
Hosea 2:1 calls Israel 'my people' and 'received mercy' after judgment, paralleling the restoration of the forsaken wife.