Isaiah 9:20

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

Cross-reference

Isaiah 49:26 uses the same cannibalism metaphor for judgment on oppressors, reversing the self-devouring here.

Isaiah 8:21 Parallel

Isaiah 8:21 describes the same hunger-driven distress and cursing — a companion judgment passage to this cannibalism.

Leviticus 26:26–29 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:26-29 warns of cannibalism as a covenant curse, fulfilled in the judgment described here.

Jeremiah 19:9 repeats the same judgment of cannibalism during siege, directly echoing the self-devouring here.

Lamentations 4:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Lamentations 4:10 describes mothers cooking their children as tragic fulfillment of the cannibalism introduced here.

In 2 Kings 6:28, mothers eat their children during famine — the same desperate self-consumption as eating one's own arm.

Ezekiel 5:10 describes fathers eating sons and sons eating fathers — a direct parallel to Isaiah's self-devouring.

Luke 11:17 Parallel

Luke 11:17 states a divided kingdom falls — directly reflecting the self-devouring civil strife described here.

Galatians 5:15 warns against biting and devouring each other, using the same imagery of internal consumption that ruins the community.

Zechariah 12:6 has Judah devouring enemies like fire — opposite of Isaiah's self-devouring in judgment.

Mark 3:24 Parallel

Mark 3:25 says a house divided cannot stand — a similar principle of internal conflict leading to ruin as in self-devouring.

Luke 6:25 Related theme

Luke 6:25 pronounces woe to the full who will hunger — mirroring the insatiable hunger described here as judgment.