Isaiah 8:7

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

Cross-reference

Isaiah 17:12 also uses rushing waters to describe the Assyrian army — the same metaphor as the flood here.

Isaiah 10:8-14 gives the Assyrian king's arrogant perspective, while here the flood shows God's instrument.

Isaiah 7:17 Parallel

Isaiah 7:17 already foretold the king of Assyria; here the flood metaphor expands on that coming judgment.

Isaiah 7:1–6 Historical context

Isaiah 7:1-6 sets the Syro-Ephraimite crisis that this flood prophecy responds to.

Isaiah 37:33 limits the Assyrian flood — God promises Jerusalem will not be entered, showing the invasion's boundary.

Isaiah 37:4 Historical context

Isaiah 37:4 shows Hezekiah's prayer in response to the same Assyrian invasion, highlighting the faith response.

Isaiah 36:13 Historical context

Isaiah 36:13 gives the Assyrian commander's boastful speech during the invasion prophesied in 8:7, adding narrative detail.

Isaiah 36:1 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 36:1 records the historical fulfillment: Sennacherib's invasion of Judah, directly fulfilling the prophecy in 8:7.

Isaiah 28:15 mentions the 'overflowing scourge' — the same Assyrian flood — as something the people falsely think they can escape.

Isaiah 28:2 Parallel

Isaiah 28:2 uses the same storm of overflowing waters to depict the Assyrian threat, reinforcing the flood metaphor.

Isaiah 22:7 Parallel

Isaiah 22:7 describes the same Assyrian invasion with chariots filling valleys, echoing the flood imagery of 8:7.

Isaiah 28:17 uses overflowing waters as a metaphor for judgment — similar to the Assyrian flood here.

Isaiah 17:13 continues the flood imagery but shows God rebuking the nations — contrasting with God bringing the flood here.

Isaiah 59:19 depicts the enemy as a flood but God raises a standard — contrasting God's role here as the one bringing the flood.

Deuteronomy 28:49 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 28:49 prophesies a distant nation as judgment — exactly what the Assyrian invasion fulfills here.

Ezekiel 31:3-18 likens Assyria to a fallen cedar, another image of its pride and judgment alongside the flood here.

Nahum 1:8 Contrast

Nahum 1:8 reverses the metaphor: the flood that once came as Assyria now overruns Nineveh as divine judgment.

Genesis 6:17 shows God bringing a flood to judge the earth — a pattern repeated here with Assyria as God's flood of judgment.

2 Kings 18:9–11 Historical context

2 Kings 18:9-11 also records the Assyrian conquest of Samaria, another historical account fulfilling this prophecy.

2 Kings 17:3–6 Historical context

2 Kings 17:3-6 records the fall of Samaria to Assyria, the historical fulfillment of this flood prophecy.

Psalm 46:4 Contrast

In Psalm 46:4, a river makes glad God's city — contrasting the destructive Assyrian flood with the peaceful, life-giving presence of God.

Micah 5:5 Historical context

Micah 5:5 directly references the Assyrian invasion — the same crisis depicted here as a flood in Isaiah.

In 2 Kings 19:32, God promises the Assyrian flood will not enter Jerusalem — contrasting the overwhelming waters with divine protection for the city.

2 Kings 19:4 Historical context

In 2 Kings 19:4, the Assyrian commander mocks God at the height of the invasion — the flood has arrived and is blaspheming, prompting Hezekiah's prayer.

2 Kings 18:13 Historical context

In 2 Kings 18:13, Sennacherib's invasion of Judah fulfills the flood prophecy — the Assyrian army literally overruns the land as Isaiah foretold.

Psalm 124:4 Parallel

In Psalm 124:4, the flood of enemies would have swept Israel away — directly parallel to the Assyrian flood, but here Israel is delivered from it.

Micah 1:9 Historical context

Micah 1:9 describes the same Assyrian invasion reaching Judah's gate — a contemporary prophecy of the same event.

2 Kings 16:8 Historical context

In 2 Kings 16:8, Ahaz's tribute to Assyria provides the historical context for the flood threat — it shows Judah already submitting to the power Isaiah warns about.

Amos 3:11 Historical context

Amos 3:11 predicts an enemy overrunning Israel's strongholds — the same Assyrian threat described here as a flood.

Revelation 16:12 also features the Euphrates, but drying it up for eastern kings — a reversal of the flood metaphor.

Jeremiah 46:7 uses the same river-flood metaphor for Egypt's invasion, paralleling the imagery of a nation rising like a flood.

Daniel 11:22 uses 'arms of a flood' to describe overwhelming military force, similar to the Assyrian flood in Isaiah.

Daniel 11:10 describes a king whose forces 'overflow and pass through', echoing the military flood metaphor of invasion.

Jeremiah 46:8 continues the flood metaphor describing Egypt's ambition to 'cover the earth', echoing the Assyrian flood imagery.

In Nehemiah 9:32, the prayer recalls hardship from Assyrian kings — echoing the same flood-like oppression that Isaiah warned about centuries earlier.

Job 30:14 Parallel

In Job 30:14, Job describes his calamity as a breach of waters — a similar flood metaphor but for personal suffering, not national judgment.

Psalm 90:5 Parallel

In Psalm 90:5, God sweeps people away as with a flood — the same metaphor for divine judgment, but focused on human mortality rather than a specific enemy.