Bible Cross References
the Lord
Isaiah 43:1
Israel, the LORD who created you says, "Do not be afraid---I will save you. I have called you by name---you are mine.
Isaiah 44:6
The LORD, who rules and protects Israel, the LORD Almighty, has this to say: "I am the first, the last, the only God; there is no other god but me.
Isaiah 54:5-8
5
Your Creator will be like a husband to you--- the LORD Almighty is his name. The holy God of Israel will save you--- he is the ruler of all the world.
6
Israel, you are like a young wife, deserted by her husband and deeply distressed. But the LORD calls you back to him and says:
7
"For one brief moment I left you; with deep love I will take you back.
8
I turned away angry for only a moment, but I will show you my love forever." So says the LORD who saves you.
Psalm 19:14
May my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you, O LORD, my refuge and my redeemer!
Revelation 5:9
They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.
For
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the LORD your God, the holy God of Israel, who saves you. I will give up Egypt to set you free; I will give up Ethiopia and Seba.
Isaiah 43:4
I will give up whole nations to save your life, because you are precious to me and because I love you and give you honor.
Isaiah 44:24-28
24
"I am the LORD, your savior; I am the one who created you. I am the LORD, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens; when I made the earth, no one helped me.
25
I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
26
But when my servant makes a prediction, when I send a messenger to reveal my plans, I make those plans and predictions come true. I tell Jerusalem that people will live there again, and the cities of Judah that they will be rebuilt. Those cities will rise from the ruins.
27
With a word of command I dry up the ocean.
28
I say to Cyrus, 'You are the one who will rule for me; you will do what I want you to do: you will order that Jerusalem be rebuilt and that the foundations of the Temple be laid.' "
Isaiah 45:1-5
1
The LORD has chosen Cyrus to be king. He has appointed him to conquer nations; he sends him to strip kings of their power; the LORD will open the gates of cities for him. To Cyrus the LORD says,
2
"I myself will prepare your way, leveling mountains and hills. I will break down bronze gates and smash their iron bars.
3
I will give you treasures from dark, secret places; then you will know that I am the LORD and that the God of Israel has called you by name.
4
I appoint you to help my servant Israel, the people that I have chosen. I have given you great honor, although you do not know me.
5
"I am the LORD; there is no other god. I will give you the strength you need, although you do not know me.
Jeremiah 50:2-11
2
"Tell the news to the nations! Proclaim it! Give the signal and announce the news! Do not keep it a secret! Babylon has fallen! Her god Marduk has been shattered! Babylon's idols are put to shame; her disgusting images are crushed!
3
"A nation from the north has come to attack Babylonia and will make it a desert. People and animals will run away, and no one will live there."
4
The LORD says, "When that time comes, the people of both Israel and Judah will come weeping, looking for me, their God.
5
They will ask the way to Zion and then go in that direction. They will make an eternal covenant with me and never break it.
6
"My people are like sheep whose shepherds have let them get lost in the mountains. They have wandered like sheep from one mountain to another, and they have forgotten where their home is.
7
They are attacked by all who find them. Their enemies say, 'They sinned against the LORD, and so what we have done is not wrong. Their ancestors trusted in the LORD, and they themselves should have remained faithful to him.'
8
"People of Israel, run away from Babylonia! Leave the country! Be the first to leave!
9
I am going to stir up a group of strong nations in the north and make them attack Babylonia. They will line up in battle against the country and conquer it. They are skillful hunters, shooting arrows that never miss the mark.
10
Babylonia will be looted, and those who loot it will take everything they want. I, the LORD, have spoken."
11
The LORD says, "People of Babylonia, you plundered my nation. You are happy and glad, going about like a cow threshing grain or like a neighing horse,
Jeremiah 50:17-11
Jeremiah 50:18-11
Jeremiah 50:27-34
27
Kill all their soldiers! Slaughter them! The people of Babylonia are doomed! The time has come for them to be punished!"
28
(Refugees escape from Babylonia and come to Jerusalem, and they tell how the LORD our God took revenge for what the Babylonians had done to his Temple.)
29
"Tell the archers to attack Babylon. Send out everyone who knows how to use the bow and arrow. Surround the city and don't let anyone escape. Pay it back for all it has done, and treat it as it has treated others, because it acted with pride against me, the Holy One of Israel.
30
So its young men will be killed in the city streets, and all its soldiers will be destroyed on that day. I, the LORD, have spoken.
31
"Babylonia, you are filled with pride, so I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, am against you! The time has come for me to punish you.
32
Your proud nation will stumble and fall, and no one will help you up. I will set your cities on fire, and everything around will be destroyed."
33
The LORD Almighty says, "The people of Israel and of Judah are oppressed. All who captured them are guarding them closely and will not let them go.
34
But the one who will rescue them is strong---his name is the LORD Almighty. He himself will take up their cause and will bring peace to the earth, but trouble to the people of Babylonia."
Jeremiah 51:1-11
1
The LORD says, "I am bringing a destructive wind against Babylonia and its people.
2
I will send foreigners to destroy Babylonia like a wind that blows straw away. When that day of destruction comes, they will attack from every side and leave the land bare.
3
Don't give its soldiers time to shoot their arrows or to put on their armor. Do not spare the young men! Destroy the whole army!
4
They will be wounded and die in the streets of their cities.
5
I, the LORD God Almighty, have not abandoned Israel and Judah, even though they have sinned against me, the Holy One of Israel.
6
Run away from Babylonia! Run for your lives! Do not be killed because of Babylonia's sin. I am now taking my revenge and punishing it as it deserves.
7
Babylonia was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.
8
Babylonia has suddenly fallen and is destroyed! Mourn over it! Get medicine for its wounds, and maybe it can be healed.
9
Foreigners living there said, 'We tried to help Babylonia, but it was too late. Let's leave now and go back home. God has punished Babylonia with all his might and has destroyed it completely.' "
10
The LORD says, "My people shout, 'The LORD has shown that we are in the right. Let's go and tell the people in Jerusalem what the LORD our God has done.' "
11
The LORD has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylonia. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple. The attacking officers command, "Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready!
Jeremiah 51:24-11
Jeremiah 51:34-37
34
The king of Babylonia cut Jerusalem up and ate it. He emptied the city like a jar; like a monster he swallowed it. He took what he wanted and threw the rest away.
35
Let the people of Zion say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for the violence done to us!" Let the people of Jerusalem say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for what we have suffered!"
36
And so the LORD said to the people of Jerusalem, "I will take up your cause and will make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I will dry up the source of Babylonia's water and make its rivers go dry.
37
That country will become a pile of ruins where wild animals live. It will be a horrible sight; no one will live there, and all who see it will be terrified.
Revelation 18:20
Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God's people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!
Revelation 18:21
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "This is how the great city Babylon will be violently thrown down and will never be seen again.
nobles
Isaiah 45:2
"I myself will prepare your way, leveling mountains and hills. I will break down bronze gates and smash their iron bars.
whose cry
Ezekiel 27:29-36
29
"Every ship is now deserted, And every sailor has gone ashore.
30
They all mourn bitterly for you, Throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
31
They shave their heads for you And dress themselves in sackcloth. Their hearts are bitter as they weep.
32
They chant a funeral song for you: 'Who can be compared to Tyre, To Tyre now silent in the sea?
33
When your merchandise went overseas, You filled the needs of every nation. Kings were made rich By the wealth of your goods.
34
Now you are wrecked in the sea; You have sunk to the ocean depths. Your goods and all who worked for you Have vanished with you in the sea.'
35
"Everyone who lives along the coast is shocked at your fate. Even their kings are terrified, and fear is written on their faces.
36
You are gone, gone forever, and merchants all over the world are terrified, afraid that they will share your fate."
Revelation 18:11-19
11
The merchants of the earth also cry and mourn for her, because no one buys their goods any longer;
12
no one buys their gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; their goods of linen, purple cloth, silk, and scarlet cloth; all kinds of rare woods and all kinds of objects made of ivory and of expensive wood, of bronze, iron, and marble;
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and cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine and oil, flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and carriages, slaves, and even human lives.
14
The merchants say to her, "All the good things you longed to own have disappeared, and all your wealth and glamor are gone, and you will never find them again!"
15
The merchants, who became rich from doing business in that city, will stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They will cry and mourn,
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and say, "How terrible! How awful for the great city! She used to dress herself in linen, purple, and scarlet, and cover herself with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls!
17
And in one hour she has lost all this wealth!" All the ships' captains and passengers, the sailors and all others who earn their living on the sea, stood a long way off,
18
and cried out as they saw the smoke from the flames that consumed her: "There never has been another city like this great city!"
19
They threw dust on their heads, they cried and mourned, saying, "How terrible! How awful for the great city! She is the city where all who have ships sailing the seas became rich on her wealth! And in one hour she has lost everything!"