Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 1:31 Parallel

Isaiah 1:31 describes the strong becoming tinder and burning together — same imagery of fire consuming wickedness. Direct parallel.

Isaiah 5:24 Parallel

Isaiah 5:24 uses fire devouring stubble and dry grass as judgment for rejecting God's law, similar to the fire of wickedness.

In Isaiah 10:16-18, the same fire imagery consuming thorns and briers is used for God's judgment on Assyria, intensifying the theme of divine fire.

Isaiah 33:12 says peoples will be burned like cut thornbushes — directly echoes the briers and thorns consumed by fire here.

Isaiah 34:8-10 describes Edom's unquenchable fire with smoke rising forever — strong parallel to the fire and smoke of judgment here.

Isaiah 10:18 describes fire consuming the forest of Assyria — directly paralleling the fire consuming briers and thickets here.

Isaiah 27:4 Parallel

Isaiah 27:4 echoes the burning of thorns and briers as God's judgment on enemies, applying the imagery to vineyard care.

Isaiah 30:33 describes Topheth's fire pit prepared for judgment — shares fire imagery with the consuming fire of wickedness here.

Isaiah 66:16 Related theme

Isaiah 66:16 says God will execute judgment with fire — shares the fire-of-judgment theme but less specific imagery than here.

Deuteronomy 32:22 says a fire kindled by God's wrath burns to the depths — very close imagery to the consuming fire of wickedness here.

Revelation 14:11 depicts the smoke of torment rising forever, directly echoing the smoke column from the fire of wickedness in Isaiah.

Ezekiel 20:48 declares the fire unquenchable, reinforcing the irreversible judgment that parallels the fire of wickedness.

Ezekiel 20:47 portrays God kindling a fire that devours trees, mirroring the consuming fire of wickedness in Isaiah.

Job 31:12 Parallel

Job 31:12 compares adultery to a fire that consumes — directly parallels Isaiah's image of wickedness burning like fire.

Psalm 68:2 Parallel

Psalm 68:2 uses smoke and fire imagery for wicked perishing — mirroring the consuming fire of wickedness here.

Ezekiel 2:6 Allusion

Ezekiel 2:6 uses the same 'briers and thorns' image for hostile people — here they are consumed by the fire of wickedness.

Nahum 1:10 Allusion

Nahum 1:10 says the wicked are like entangled thorns consumed as stubble — mirrors Isaiah's briers and thorns consumed by fire.

Malachi 4:1 Allusion

Malachi 4:1 portrays the day of the Lord burning like an oven, consuming evildoers as stubble — similar fire and stubble imagery.

Hebrews 6:8 Allusion

Hebrews 6:8 uses the burning of thorns as a metaphor for apostasy, paralleling the destructive fire of wickedness in Isaiah.

Psalm 37:20 Allusion

Psalm 37:20 compares the wicked to smoke that vanishes, echoing the smoke column from the fire of wickedness in Isaiah.

Matthew 13:50 speaks of throwing the wicked into a fiery furnace — parallel use of fire for destruction.

Matthew 25:41 mentions eternal fire prepared for the devil — fire as judgment, similar to Isaiah's consuming fire.

Mark 9:43-50 warns of hell fire where the worm does not die — reinforces fire as judgment, parallel to Isaiah's consuming fire.

Jeremiah 17:27 Related theme

Jeremiah 17:27 warns of fire kindled in Jerusalem's gates — a parallel judgment by fire, though here the fire is wickedness itself.

Ezekiel 19:14 Related theme

Ezekiel 19:14 laments fire from a branch consuming fruit — similar to the fire consuming thickets here, though in a different context.

Amos 7:4 Related theme

Amos 7:4 depicts God's fire of judgment devouring the land — similar consuming fire imagery but for divine judgment, not wickedness itself.

Nahum 1:6 Related theme

Nahum 1:6 describes God's wrath poured out like fire — parallel use of fire as destructive force, but source differs.

Numbers 11:1–3 Related theme

Numbers 11:1-3 recounts literal fire from the LORD consuming the camp — similar to the fire metaphor here, but one is historical, the other poetic.