Isaiah 9:19
Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
Cross-references
In Isaiah 9:5, burning and fuel of fire appear earlier in the same prophecy — the people become fuel for judgment.
Isaiah 3:5 depicts mutual oppression and social inversion, reinforcing the same chaos where no one spares another.
In Jeremiah 13:16, darkness is a threat before judgment — stumbling on dark mountains, shadow of death, similar warning.
In Ezekiel 9:5, God commands executioners to spare no one, mirroring the same ruthless divine judgment where no man spares his brother.
In Joel 2:2, the day of the LORD is thick darkness and gloom — directly parallel to the darkened land in judgment.
In Amos 5:18, the day of the LORD is darkness, not light — echoes the same reversal of hope into judgment.
Micah 7:2 describes men hunting each other with nets, a direct parallel to the brother-against-brother breakdown here.
In Acts 2:20, Peter quotes Joel: sun turned to darkness before the great day — same eschatological judgment imagery.
1 Samuel 14:20 shows Philistine soldiers fighting each other in confusion, a historical example of every man's sword against his fellow.
Zechariah 11:6 shows God delivering people into each other's hands, paralleling the brother-against-brother theme here.
In Matthew 27:45, darkness covers the land at the crucifixion — typological fulfillment of judgment on sin.
Micah 7:6 specifies family betrayals (son vs father), expanding on the general societal collapse of sparing no brother.
Jeremiah 17:27 warns of devouring fire on Jerusalem, echoing the fire image of people as fuel for judgment.
In Ezekiel 30:18, similar imagery of darkness covers Egypt in judgment, echoing the darkened land here.