Jeremiah 51:20-23 uses the same axe metaphor for Babylon as God's battle-ax, showing the invaders are His tool.

Isaiah 10:15 clarifies that the axe (invader) cannot boast over the one wielding it — deepening the theological meaning of the invasion.

Isaiah 14:8 reverses the image: trees rejoice when the woodcutter (Babylon) falls, contrasting the invaders as woodcutters.

Psalm 74:5 uses nearly identical language — 'axes upon thick trees' — reinforcing the image of invaders as woodcutters.

Isaiah 10:33 depicts God cutting down the proud like trees, echoing the woodcutting imagery from God's perspective.

Isaiah 10:34 continues the tree-cutting metaphor with Lebanon falling, similar to the hewers of wood in Jeremiah.

Isaiah 37:24 has Assyria boast of cutting down cedars, mirroring the invading army with axes in Jeremiah.