Joel 1:4-7 earlier details the locust plague's destruction of vines and figs, reinforcing the same devastation scene here.

Joel 1:19 uses the same 'fire devours' and 'flame burns' language — both describe devastation from the locust plague.

Joel 1:20 also mentions fire devouring pastures — reinforcing the scene of land consumed by fire and drought.

Genesis 2:8 describes the garden of Eden — the standard of blessing that Joel 2:3 says is turned to desolation.

Exodus 10:5 describes the Egyptian locust plague covering the land and eating every plant — a direct parallel to Joel's all-consuming locusts.

Exodus 10:15 adds that nothing green remained after the locusts — exactly matching Joel's 'nothing shall escape them'.

Isaiah 51:3 reverses Joel: God makes wilderness like Eden, while Joel describes Eden becoming a desolate wilderness.

Deuteronomy 28:38 specifies locusts consuming the harvest — directly connecting Joel's plague to the covenant curse for disobedience.

Ezekiel 36:35 describes desolate land becoming like Eden, directly paralleling Joel's simile of the land like Eden before the locusts.

Genesis 13:10 compares the Jordan Valley to 'the garden of the LORD' — similar to Joel's use of Eden as a symbol of fertility.

Psalm 50:3 portrays God's arrival with devouring fire — similar to the fire and flame consuming everything in Joel 2:3.

Jeremiah 5:17 warns of invaders devouring harvest, children, and livestock — a consuming judgment parallel to the locusts' total destruction.

Amos 7:4 describes judgment by fire devouring the land — parallel to Joel's fire consuming everything before and behind.

Zechariah 7:14 depicts the land left desolate after scattering — echoing Joel's 'desolate wilderness' behind the locusts.