Isaiah 7:23
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Cross-references
Isaiah 5:6 describes the same judgment with identical phrasing: 'briers and thorns' overtaking the vineyard.
Isaiah 32:12-14 also depicts fruitful vines becoming overgrown with thorns and briers, repeating the desolation theme.
Isaiah 32:13 uses the same 'thorns and briers' imagery for the land's desolation, reinforcing the judgment.
Isaiah 32:10 also speaks of vintage failing — a parallel judgment theme of agricultural desolation.
Song of Solomon 8:12 presents a fruitful vineyard valued at a thousand shekels — a stark contrast to the judgment turning such a vineyard into thorns.
Genesis 3:18 introduces thorns and thistles as the curse on the ground after the Fall, the same imagery used for judgment.
Deuteronomy 8:8 lists vines among the land's blessings — a direct reversal to the thorns of judgment.
Hosea 2:12 explicitly destroys vines and makes them a forest — directly parallel to the vineyard turning to briers.
Job 31:40 invokes briers as a curse on the land if Job were guilty, using the same judgment imagery.
Jeremiah 4:26 describes the fruitful land becoming a desert through divine anger, a parallel judgment reversal.
Matthew 21:33 uses vineyard imagery as a symbol of Israel facing judgment for unfaithfulness, echoing the vineyard judgment theme.
Hebrews 6:8 uses land producing thorns as a metaphor for judgment and curse, akin to the desolation imagery.
Jeremiah 48:33 describes wine failing in Moab — similar to the failed vintage here, but applied to a different nation.
Ezekiel 12:20 speaks of the land becoming desolate as a sign of divine judgment — mirrors the briers-and-thorns desolation.
Hosea 9:6 mentions thorns in tabernacles and nettles — similar overgrowth imagery in a judgment context.