Text: Isaiah 23:17-18
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 23:18
Subject: Creation account and divine ordering
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Contrast
Significance: This intertextual connection traces the creation theme through Israel's Scriptures. Isaiah 23's portrayal of creation account and divine ordering finds development in Deuteronomy 23, revealing how Israel's poets and prophets understood creation as pointing forward to God's ultimate creative work. In Christ, the Creator enters creation to restore what was marred by the Fall and inaugurate new creation (2 Cor 5:17; Col 1:15-20).