Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 9:11 uses similar language about Jerusalem becoming a heap of ruins, reinforcing the same judgment message.
Jeremiah 7:14 warns of destroying the temple like Shiloh—a parallel prophecy of Jerusalem's doom from the same book.
Jeremiah 51:37 uses 'heap of ruins' for Babylon, similar imagery but applied to a different city.
In Psalm 79:1, the lament 'they have laid Jerusalem in ruins' directly reflects the destruction prophesied here.
In Isaiah 2:2, the same 'mountain of the house' is exalted instead of desolate—a contrasting future hope.
In Isaiah 2:3, the mountain becomes a place of teaching for nations, contrasting the desolation described here.
In Zechariah 8:3, God restores Jerusalem as the holy mountain, contrasting the forest-covered ruin predicted here.
In Micah 4:1, the same prophet promises the mountain will be exalted, directly contrasting the ruin in Micah 3:12 quoted here.
Micah 3:12 is the exact prophecy quoted here by the elders to defend Jeremiah’s similar message.
Luke 21:6 again records Jesus' declaration that the temple will be utterly destroyed — the same prophecy as in Micah.
Mark 13:2 records Jesus' parallel prophecy of the temple's complete destruction — the same image as Micah's.
In Matthew 24:2, Jesus echoes the same prediction: not one stone left — a later reaffirmation of the temple's destruction.
Lamentations 2:7 describes the sanctuary scorned and walls delivered—the lament after the destruction Micah predicted.
Isaiah 27:10 paints a desolate city with grazing calves—mirroring the plowed fields and wooded height of Micah's image.
Isaiah 3:8 directly connects Jerusalem's fall to their sin against the LORD—adding the cause behind the judgment prophesied.
2 Chronicles 32:26 shows Hezekiah's humility delayed the wrath—explaining why Micah's prophecy wasn't fulfilled in his day.
Micah 1:1 introduces Micah of Moresheth, the prophet whose words are quoted in this verse.
In 1 Kings 9:7, God warns He will cast out the temple, paralleling the judgment on the mountain of the house here.