Psalm 83:13

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Cross-references

Psalm 35:5 Parallel

Psalm 35:5 contains the identical 'chaff before the wind' curse, a parallel imprecatory formula.

Psalm 68:2 Parallel

Psalm 68:2 uses smoke and wax metaphors for enemy destruction, paralleling the scattering imagery.

Isaiah 17:13 uses the same 'chaff before the wind' image for God scattering hostile nations, reinforcing this curse.

Jeremiah 13:24 uses the same 'chaff driven by wind' metaphor for God's scattering judgment, directly echoing this imagery.

Isaiah 17:13 describes nations chased like chaff before the wind, a very close parallel to the whirlwind and chaff here.

Job 21:18 Parallel

Job 21:18 uses the same 'stubble before the wind' simile for the wicked's fate, though Job questions its reality.

Exodus 15:7 Allusion

Exodus 15:7 describes God consuming enemies like stubble, a past victory that this plea echoes.

Isaiah 40:24 depicts nations withering like stubble when God blows, similar to the scattering plea.

Matthew 3:12 applies the chaff-and-wind imagery to John the Baptist's warning of final judgment, extending the OT metaphor to the NT.