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Isaiah 22:11This is an oracle about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 21:13Ps 125:2Isa 15:3Joel 3:12Joel 3:141 Sam 11:51 Sam 3:12 Kgs 6:282 Sam 14:5Deut 22:8
Isaiah 22:22The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 32:13Isa 23:7Jer 14:18Lam 2:20Amos 6:3-6Isa 22:12-13Isa 37:33Isa 37:36Jer 38:2Jer 52:6
Isaiah 22:33All your leaders ran away together— they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together— they were captured without a single arrow being shot.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 25:18-212 Kgs 25:4-7Isa 3:1-8Jer 39:4-7Jer 52:24-27
Isaiah 22:44So I say: “Don’t look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 9:1Matt 2:18Jer 13:17Jer 31:15Mic 1:8Ps 77:2Isa 15:3Isa 33:7Jer 4:19Jer 6:26
Isaiah 22:55For the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies, has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 10:6Isa 37:3Lam 1:5Luke 23:30Mic 7:4Amos 5:18-20Hos 10:8Isa 22:1Jer 30:7Lam 2:2
Isaiah 22:66The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 16:9Isa 21:2Amos 1:5Amos 9:7Gen 10:22Isa 15:1Jer 49:35-39
Isaiah 22:77Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 10:28-32Isa 8:7-8Jer 39:1-3Isa 37:34
Isaiah 22:88They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 10:171 Kgs 7:21 Kgs 14:27-28Isa 36:1-3Song 4:4
Isaiah 22:99You saw the many breaks in the walls of the City of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 20:202 Chr 32:1-62 Chr 32:30Neh 3:16
Isaiah 22:1010You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Isaiah 22:1111You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool— but you did not trust in the one who made it; you did not depend on the one who formed it long ago.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 33:2-3Mic 7:72 Kgs 25:4Isa 17:7Isa 31:12 Chr 16:7-92 Chr 32:3-42 Chr 6:62 Kgs 20:20Isa 37:26
Isaiah 22:1212At that time the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 1:13Joel 2:17Mic 1:16Amos 8:10Eccl 3:4Jas 5:1Job 1:202 Chr 35:25Eccl 3:11Ezra 9:3
Isaiah 22:1313But look, there is outright celebration! You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 56:121 Cor 15:32Luke 17:26-29Jas 5:5Amos 6:3-7Isa 21:4-5Isa 5:12Isa 5:22Isa 28:7-8
Isaiah 22:1414The Lord of Heaven’s Armies told me this: “Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” says the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 24:131 Sam 3:14Isa 5:9Isa 13:11Isa 26:21Rev 22:11-121 Sam 9:15Amos 3:7Heb 10:26-27John 8:21-24
Isaiah 22:1515This is what the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “Go visit this administrator, Shebna, who supervises the palace, and tell him:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 36:32 Kgs 18:182 Kgs 18:372 Kgs 19:2Isa 37:21 Chr 27:251 Kgs 4:62 Kgs 10:52 Kgs 18:26Acts 8:27
Isaiah 22:1616‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:602 Chr 16:142 Sam 18:18Job 3:14Isa 14:18Isa 52:5Mic 2:10
Isaiah 22:1717Look, the Lord will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:3Esth 7:8Job 9:24
Isaiah 22:1818He will wind you up tightly into a ball and throw you into a wide, open land. There you will die, and there with you will be your impressive chariots, which bring disgrace to the house of your master.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 17:13Amos 7:17
Isaiah 22:1919I will remove you from your office; you will be thrown down from your position.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 17:24Job 40:11-12Luke 1:52Ps 75:6-7
Isaiah 22:2020“‘At that time I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 18:18Isa 36:3Isa 37:22 Kgs 18:37Isa 36:22Isa 36:11
Isaiah 22:2121I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him. He will become a protector of the residents of Jerusalem and of the people of Judah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 45:81 Sam 18:4Esth 8:15Esth 8:2Gen 41:42-43Isa 9:6-7
Isaiah 22:2222I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 3:7Matt 16:18-19Job 12:14Matt 18:18-19Rev 1:18
Isaiah 22:2323I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place; he will bring honor and respect to his father’s family.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 9:8Job 36:71 Sam 2:8Zech 10:4Eccl 12:11Luke 22:29-30Rev 3:21Esth 10:3Esth 4:14Gen 45:9-13
Isaiah 22:2424His father’s family will gain increasing prominence because of him, including the offspring and the offshoots. All the small containers, including the bowls and all the jars, will hang from this peg.’Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:20-21Dan 6:1-3John 20:21-23John 5:22-27Matt 28:18Gen 41:44-45Gen 47:11-25Ezek 15:3Rom 9:22-23
Isaiah 22:2525“At that time,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” Indeed, the Lord has spoken.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 46:11Esth 9:24-25Isa 22:23Jer 17:5-6Mic 4:4Ps 146:3Esth 9:5-14Ezek 5:13Ezek 5:15Ezek 5:17
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