Isaiah 6:11
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Cross-references
In Isaiah 1:7, the same desolation of land and burned cities is described as already present, echoing the judgment pronounced here.
In Isaiah 3:26, Jerusalem is personified sitting desolate on the ground, mirroring the wasted cities of this prophecy.
In Isaiah 24:1-12, the earth is made empty and waste, cities broken — an expanded picture of the universal desolation foretold here.
Isaiah 5:6 explicitly says 'I will lay it waste' — directly parallels the complete desolation prophesied in 6:11.
Isaiah 10:22 speaks of a remnant after destruction — directly connected to the desolation in 6:11 as the context for that remnant.
Isaiah 24:3 says 'the land shall be utterly laid waste' — almost identical language to the desolation described in 6:11.
Isaiah 27:10 depicts a fortified city deserted and forsaken — mirrors the city desolation in 6:11.
Isaiah 32:13 says the land will grow thorns and briers — a specific image of the desolation prophesied in 6:11.
In Jeremiah 44:2, the present reality 'desolate, no one dwells' fulfills Isaiah's prophecy of desolation.
Jeremiah 2:15 says cities are burned without inhabitant — nearly identical to the desolation language in Isaiah 6:11.
In Jeremiah 44:6, the declaration that cities are 'waste and desolate' confirms the fulfillment of Isaiah's warning.
In Ezekiel 6:6, cities laid waste and high places desolate parallel Isaiah's vision of total ruin.
Ezekiel 15:8 explicitly states 'I will make the land desolate' because of faithlessness, directly matching the desolation Isaiah prophesies.
Ezekiel 33:28 says the land will become a desolation and waste, with mountains so desolate none pass through, reinforcing Isaiah's vision.
Ezekiel 36:4 mentions desolate wastes and deserted cities, exactly mirroring the laid waste cities and uninhabited houses Isaiah hears about.
Micah 7:13 directly says 'the earth will be desolate because of its inhabitants,' a clear restatement of the land's desolation in Isaiah.
Zephaniah 1:13 says houses will be laid waste and not inhabited, directly paralleling Isaiah's cities laid waste without inhabitant.
In Jeremiah 34:22, 'desolation without inhabitant' for Judah's cities repeats Isaiah's exact condition.
In Jeremiah 22:6, the promise to make cities uninhabited directly parallels Isaiah's 'cities lie waste without inhabitant'.
In Jeremiah 18:16, the land made a desolation and a hissing matches Isaiah's picture of uninhabited cities.
In Jeremiah 4:27, the same phrase 'whole land a desolation' appears, reinforcing Isaiah's warning of utter ruin.
In Leviticus 26:32, God promises to make the land desolate as a covenant curse, directly paralleling the judgment here.
In 2 Kings 24:2, the Babylonian invasion fulfills the word of the LORD, bringing the desolation prophesied here.
In Deuteronomy 4:26, Moses warns of utter destruction from the land, matching the desolation prophecy of this verse.
Ezekiel 12:19 depicts land stripped of all it contains due to violence, echoing the complete desolation Isaiah is told will come.
Psalm 74:10 mirrors this lament — 'How long, O God?' over the enemy's mockery, like Isaiah's cry over desolation.
Psalm 90:13 echoes this 'How long?' cry — Moses pleads for God to return and have pity on his servants.