Isaiah 8:22

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 5:30 Parallel

In Isaiah 5:30, the same imagery of darkness and distress appears for God's judgment.

Isaiah 9:1 Contrast

In Isaiah 9:1, the gloom of 8:22 is reversed as light dawns in Galilee — a direct contrast.

Isaiah 24:11 says 'all joy has grown dark' — a direct parallel to the gloom of anguish, using the same metaphor of darkness for despair.

Isaiah 50:11 describes those who make their own fire — a false light — and end in torment, similar to the darkness of judgment here.

Jude 1:13 Allusion

Jude 1:13 reserves blackest darkness for the wicked, directly echoing the thick darkness thrust upon them here.

Job 18:18 Parallel

Job 18:18 says the wicked are thrust from light into darkness, almost identical imagery to Isaiah's thrust into gloom.

Matthew 22:13 casts the unworthy guest into outer darkness with weeping, directly paralleling the thrust into thick darkness.

In Matthew 8:12, being cast into outer darkness mirrors the thrust into thick darkness here as divine judgment.

In Zephaniah 1:15, the day of the Lord is explicitly a day of darkness and gloom, directly echoing Isaiah 8:22.

In Amos 5:18-20, the day of the Lord is described as darkness and gloom with no brightness, exactly like Isaiah 8:22.

In Jeremiah 13:16, the same warning of God turning light into deep darkness and gloom is given, directly parallel to Isaiah 8:22.

Revelation 16:10 shows the beast's kingdom plunged into darkness, mirroring the gloom of Isaiah 8:22.

Joel 2:2 Parallel

Joel 2:2 uses the same 'darkness and gloom' language to depict the day of the Lord's judgment.

Jeremiah 23:12 describes slippery paths in darkness where the wicked fall, similar to being thrust into gloom.

Exodus 10:21 records the plague of darkness in Egypt — a direct precedent of divine judgment through darkness, mirroring the gloom described here.

Nahum 1:8 Parallel

Nahum 1:8 describes God pursuing enemies into darkness, echoing the 'thrust into thick darkness' of Isaiah 8:22.

Job 38:15 Parallel

Job 38:15 states that light is withheld from the wicked — a parallel to being driven into darkness, both portraying deprivation of light.

Job 22:11 Parallel

Job 22:11 speaks of darkness covering a person so they cannot see — similar imagery of being overwhelmed by darkness as judgment.

Job 20:26 Parallel

Job 20:26 says total darkness is laid up for the wicked — echoing the idea that darkness is a reserved punishment.

Job 15:22 Parallel

Job 15:22 describes the wicked who cannot escape darkness — reinforcing the fate of being trapped in darkness as divine judgment.

Psalm 88:12 Related theme

Psalm 88:12 asks if God's wonders are known in darkness — emphasizing darkness as a realm of despair and forgottenness, like here.