Bible Cross References
as I
Numbers 14:21
But I promise that as surely as I live and as surely as my presence fills the earth,
Isaiah 49:18
Look around and see what is happening! Your people are assembling---they are coming home! As surely as I am the living God, you will be proud of your people, as proud as a bride is of her jewels.
Jeremiah 46:18
I, the LORD Almighty, am king. I am the living God. As Mount Tabor towers above the mountains and Mount Carmel stands high above the sea, so will be the strength of the one who attacks you.
Romans 14:11
For the scripture says, "As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord, everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess that I am God."
Surely
Isaiah 11:14
Together they will attack the Philistines on the west and plunder the people who live to the east. They will conquer the people of Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will obey them.
Isaiah 15:1-16
1
This is a message about Moab. The cities of Ar and Kir are destroyed in a single night, and silence covers the land of Moab.
2
The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief.
3
The people in the streets are dressed in sackcloth; in the city squares and on the rooftops people mourn and cry.
4
The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone.
5
My heart cries out for Moab! The people have fled to the town of Zoar, and to Eglath Shelishiyah. Some climb the road to Luhith, weeping as they go; some escape to Horonaim, grieving loudly.
6
Nimrim Brook is dry, the grass beside it has withered, and nothing green is left.
7
The people go across the Valley of Willows, trying to escape with all their possessions.
8
Everywhere at Moab's borders the sound of crying is heard. It is heard at the towns of Eglaim and Beerelim.
9
At the town of Dibon the river is red with blood, and God has something even worse in store for the people there. Yes, there will be a bloody slaughter of everyone left in Moab.
Isaiah 25:10
The LORD will protect Mount Zion, but the people of Moab will be trampled down the way straw is trampled in manure.
Jeremiah 48:1-49
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This is what the LORD Almighty said about Moab: "Pity the people of Nebo--- their town is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured, its mighty fortress torn down, and its people put to shame;
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the splendor of Moab is gone. The enemy have captured Heshbon and plot to destroy the nation of Moab. The town of Madmen will be silenced; armies will march against it.
3
The people of Horonaim cry out, 'Violence! Destruction!'
4
"Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying.
5
Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim.
6
'Quick, run for your lives!' they say. 'Run like a wild desert donkey!'
7
"Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered; your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests.
8
Not a town will escape the destruction; both valley and plain will be ruined. I, the LORD, have spoken.
9
Set up a tombstone for Moab; it will soon be destroyed. Its towns will be left in ruins, and no one will live there again."
10
(Curse those who do not do the LORD's work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill!)
11
The LORD said, "Moab has always lived secure and has never been taken into exile. Moab is like wine left to settle undisturbed and never poured from jar to jar. Its flavor has never been ruined, and it tastes as good as ever.
12
"So now, the time is coming when I will send people to pour Moab out like wine. They will empty its wine jars and break them in pieces.
13
Then the Moabites will be disillusioned with their god Chemosh, just as the Israelites were disillusioned with Bethel, a god in whom they trusted.
14
"Men of Moab, why do you claim to be heroes, brave soldiers tested in war?
15
Moab and its cities are destroyed; its finest young men have been slaughtered. I am the king, the LORD Almighty, and I have spoken.
16
Moab's doom approaches; its ruin is coming soon.
17
"Mourn for that nation, you that live nearby, all of you that know its fame. Say, 'Its powerful rule has been broken; its glory and might are no more.'
18
You that live in Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the ground in the dust; Moab's destroyer is here and has left its forts in ruins.
19
You that live in Aroer, stand by the road and wait; ask those who are running away, find out from them what has happened.
20
'Moab has fallen,' they will answer, 'weep for it; it is disgraced. Announce along the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed!'
21
"Judgment has come on the cities of the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,
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Dibon, Nebo, Beth Diblathaim,
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Kiriathaim, Bethgamul, Bethmeon,
24
Kerioth, and Bozrah. Judgment has come on all the cities of Moab, far and near.
25
Moab's might has been crushed; its power has been destroyed. I, the LORD, have spoken."
26
The LORD said, "Make Moab drunk, because it has rebelled against me. Moab will roll in its own vomit, and people will laugh.
27
Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.
28
"You people who live in Moab, leave your towns! Go and live on the cliffs! Be like the dove that makes its nest in the sides of a ravine.
29
Moab is very proud! I have heard how proud, arrogant, and conceited the people are, how much they think of themselves.
30
I, the LORD, know of their arrogance. Their boasts amount to nothing, and the things they do will not last.
31
And so I will weep for everyone in Moab and for the people of Kir Heres.
32
I will cry for the people of Sibmah, even more than for the people of Jazer. City of Sibmah, you are like a vine whose branches reach across the Dead Sea and go as far as Jazer. But now your summer fruits and your grapes have been destroyed.
33
Happiness and joy have been taken away from the fertile land of Moab. I have made the wine stop flowing from the wine presses; there is no one to make the wine and shout for joy.
34
"The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far as Jahaz; it can be heard by the people in Zoar, and it is heard as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even Nimrim Brook has dried up.
35
I will stop the people of Moab from making burnt offerings at their places of worship and from offering sacrifices to their gods. I, the LORD, have spoken.
36
"So my heart mourns for Moab and for the people of Kir Heres, like someone playing a funeral song on a flute, because everything they owned is gone.
37
All of them have shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.
38
On all the housetops of Moab and in all its public squares there is nothing but mourning, because I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants.
39
Moab has been shattered! Cry out! Moab has been disgraced. It is in ruins, and all the surrounding nations make fun of it. I, the LORD, have spoken."
40
The LORD has promised that a nation will swoop down on Moab like an eagle with its outspread wings,
41
and the towns and fortresses will be captured. On that day Moab's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.
42
Moab will be destroyed and will no longer be a nation, because it rebelled against me.
43
Terror, pits, and traps are waiting for the people of Moab. The LORD has spoken.
44
Whoever tries to escape the terror will fall into the pits, and whoever climbs out of the pits will be caught in the traps, because the LORD has set the time for Moab's destruction.
45
Helpless refugees try to find protection in Heshbon, the city that King Sihon once ruled, but it is in flames. Fire has burned up the frontiers and the mountain heights of the war-loving people of Moab.
46
Pity the people of Moab! The people who worshiped Chemosh have been destroyed, and their sons and daughters have been taken away as prisoners.
47
But in days to come the LORD will make Moab prosperous again. All of this is what the LORD has said will happen to Moab.
Ezekiel 25:1-26
2
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Ammon.
3
Tell them to listen to what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: You were delighted to see my Temple profaned, to see the land of Israel devastated, to see the people of Judah go into exile.
4
Because you were glad, I will let the tribes from the eastern desert conquer you. They will set up their camps in your country and settle there. They will eat the fruit and drink the milk that should have been yours.
5
I will turn the city of Rabbah into a place to keep camels, and the whole country of Ammon will become a place to keep sheep, so that you will know I am the LORD.
6
"This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: You clapped your hands and jumped for joy. You despised the land of Israel.
7
Because you did, I will hand you over to other nations who will rob you and plunder you. I will destroy you so completely that you will not be a nation any more or have a country of your own. Then you will know that I am the LORD."
8
The Sovereign LORD said, "Because Moab has said that Judah is like all the other nations,
9
I will let the cities that defend the border of Moab be attacked, including even the finest cities---Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.
10
I will let the tribes of the eastern desert conquer Moab, together with Ammon, so that Moab will no longer be a nation.
11
I will punish Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD."
12
The Sovereign LORD said, "The people of Edom took cruel revenge on Judah, and that revenge has brought lasting guilt on Edom.
13
Now I announce that I will punish Edom and kill every person and animal there. I will make it a wasteland, from the city of Teman to the city of Dedan, and the people will be killed in battle.
14
My people Israel will take revenge on Edom for me, and they will make Edom feel my furious anger. Edom will know what it means to be the object of my revenge." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
15
The Sovereign LORD said, "The Philistines have taken cruel revenge on their agelong enemies and destroyed them in their hate.
16
And so I am announcing that I will attack the Philistines and wipe them out. I will destroy everyone left living there on the Philistine Plain.
17
I will punish them severely and take full revenge on them. They will feel my anger. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Amos 1:13-15
13
The LORD says, "The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. In their wars for more territory they even ripped open pregnant women in Gilead.
14
So I will send fire upon the city walls of Rabbah and burn down its fortresses. Then there will be shouts on the day of battle, and the fighting will rage like a storm.
15
Their king and his officers will go into exile."
Amos 2:1-3
1
The LORD says, "The people of Moab have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They dishonored the bones of the king of Edom by burning them to ashes.
2
I will send fire upon the land of Moab and burn down the fortresses of Kerioth. The people of Moab will die in the noise of battle while soldiers are shouting and trumpets are sounding.
3
I will kill the ruler of Moab and all the leaders of the land."
as Gomorrah
Zephaniah 2:14
It will be a place where flocks, herds, and animals of every kind will lie down. Owls will live among its ruins and hoot from the windows. Crows will caw on the doorsteps. The cedar wood of her buildings will be stripped away.
Genesis 19:24
Suddenly the LORD rained burning sulfur on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:25
and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land.
Deuteronomy 29:23
The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed when he was furiously angry.
Isaiah 13:19
Babylonia is the most beautiful kingdom of all; it is the pride of its people. But I, the LORD, will overthrow Babylon as I did Sodom and Gomorrah!
Isaiah 13:20
No one will ever live there again. No wandering Arab will ever pitch a tent there, and no shepherd will ever pasture a flock there.
Isaiah 34:9-13
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The rivers of Edom will turn into tar, and the soil will turn into sulfur. The whole country will burn like tar.
10
It will burn day and night, and smoke will rise from it forever. The land will lie waste age after age, and no one will ever travel through it again.
11
Owls and ravens will take over the land. The LORD will make it a barren waste again, as it was before the creation.
12
There will be no king to rule the country, and the leaders will all be gone.
13
Thorns and thistles will grow up in all the palaces and walled towns, and jackals and owls will live in them.
Jeremiah 49:18
The same thing will happen to Edom that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when they and the nearby towns were destroyed. No one will ever live there again. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Jeremiah 50:40
The same thing will happen to Babylon that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when I destroyed them and the nearby towns. No one will ever live there again. I, the LORD, have spoken.
the residue
Zephaniah 2:7
The people of Judah who survive will occupy your land. They will pasture their flocks there and sleep in the houses of Ashkelon. The LORD their God will be with them and make them prosper again.
Zephaniah 3:13
The people of Israel who survive will do no wrong to anyone, tell no lies, nor try to deceive. They will be prosperous and secure, afraid of no one."
Joel 3:19
"Egypt will become a desert, and Edom a ruined waste, because they attacked the land of Judah and killed its innocent people.
Joel 3:20
I will avenge those who were killed; I will not spare the guilty. But Judah and Jerusalem will be inhabited forever, and I, the LORD, will live on Mount Zion."
Micah 5:7
The people of Israel who survive will be like refreshing dew sent by the LORD for many nations, like showers on growing plants. They will depend on God, not people.
Micah 5:8
Those who are left among the nations will be like a lion hunting for food in a forest or a pasture: it gets in among the sheep, pounces on them, and tears them to pieces---and there is no hope of rescue.