Bible Cross References
the firstborn
Job 18:13
A deadly disease spreads over their bodies and causes their arms and legs to rot.
the poor
Isaiah 5:17
In the ruins of the cities lambs will eat grass and young goats will find pasture.
Isaiah 7:21
"When that time comes, even if a farmer has been able to save only one young cow and two goats,
Isaiah 7:22
they will give so much milk that he will have all he needs. Yes, the few survivors left in the land will have milk and honey to eat.
Isaiah 30:23
Whenever you plant your crops, the Lord will send rain to make them grow and will give you a rich harvest, and your livestock will have plenty of pasture.
Isaiah 30:24
The oxen and donkeys that plow your fields will eat the finest and best fodder.
Isaiah 33:16
Then you will be safe; you will be as secure as if in a strong fortress. You will have food to eat and water to drink.
Isaiah 37:30
Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah, "Here is a sign of what will happen. This year and next you will have only wild grain to eat, but the following year you will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and plant vines and eat grapes.
Isaiah 65:13
And so I tell you that those who worship and obey me will have plenty to eat and drink, but you will be hungry and thirsty. They will be happy, but you will be disgraced.
Isaiah 65:14
They will sing for joy, but you will cry with a broken heart.
and I
Jeremiah 47:1-7
1
Before the king of Egypt attacked Gaza, the LORD spoke to me about Philistia.
2
He said: "Look! Waters are rising in the north and will rush like a river in flood. They will cover the land and everything on it, cities and the people who live there. People will call out for help; everyone on earth will cry bitterly.
3
They will hear the hoofbeats of horses, the clatter of chariots, the rumble of wheels. Parents will not turn back for their children; their hands will hang limp at their sides.
4
The time has come to destroy Philistia, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon all the help that remains. I, the LORD, will destroy the Philistines, all who came from the shores of Crete.
5
Great sorrow has come to the people of Gaza, and Ashkelon's people are silent. How long will the rest of Philistia mourn?
6
You cry out, 'Sword of the LORD! How long will you go on slashing? Go back to your scabbard, stay there and rest!'
7
But how can it rest, when I have given it work to do? I have commanded it to attack Ashkelon and the people who live on the coast."
Ezekiel 25:15-17
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."
Joel 3:4-8
4
"What are you trying to do to me, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Philistia? Are you trying to pay me back for something? If you are, I will quickly pay you back!
5
You have taken my silver and gold and carried my rich treasures into your temples.
6
You have taken the people of Judah and Jerusalem far from their own country and sold them to the Greeks.
7
Now I am going to bring them out of the places to which you have sold them. I will do to you what you have done to them.
8
I will let your sons and daughters be sold to the people of Judah; they will sell them to the far-off Sabeans. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Amos 1:6-8
6
The LORD says, "The people of Gaza have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They carried off a whole nation and sold them as slaves to the people of Edom.
7
So I will send fire upon the city walls of Gaza and burn down its fortresses.
8
I will remove the rulers of the cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. I will punish the city of Ekron, and all the Philistines who are left will die."
Zephaniah 2:4-7
4
No one will be left in the city of Gaza. Ashkelon will be deserted. The people of Ashdod will be driven out in half a day, and the people of Ekron will be driven from their city.
5
You Philistines are doomed, you people who live along the coast. The LORD has passed sentence on you. He will destroy you, and not one of you will be left.
6
Your land by the sea will become open fields with shepherd's huts and sheep pens.
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.
Zechariah 9:5-7
5
The city of Ashkelon will see this and be afraid. The city of Gaza will see it and suffer great pain. So will Ekron, and her hopes will be shattered. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will be left deserted.
6
People of mixed race will live in Ashdod. The LORD says, "I will humble all these proud Philistines.
7
They will no longer eat meat with blood in it, or other forbidden food. All the survivors will become part of my people and be like a clan in the tribe of Judah. Ekron will become part of my people, as the Jebusites did.