Isaiah 21 cross-references
Isaiah 21 has 17 verses, which point to 197 other passages and are cited by 171. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Words characteristic of Isaiah 21 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- מַשָּׂא massa “burden” 3
- צֶמֶד tsemed “pair” 2
- אָתָה atah “to come” 2
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 3
- נָדַד nadad “to wander” 2
- נָגַד nagad “to tell” 3
- פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 2
- קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 2
- רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 3
- שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 2
- עָמַד amad “to stand” 2
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Isaiah 21:1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Points to (12)
- Isaiah 14:23 — I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 51:42 — The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 5 votes
- Isaiah 13:1 — The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 5 votes
- Zechariah 9:14 — And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall… 4 votes
- Isaiah 17:1 — The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 3 votes
- Isaiah 13:20–22 — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the… 3 votes
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- Zechariah 9:14 — And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 23:19 — Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously… 4 votes
- Psalms 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 4 votes
- Daniel 11:40 — And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come… 3 votes
Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
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- Jeremiah 49:34 — The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah… 5 votes
- Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not… 5 votes
- Isaiah 24:16 — From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My… 4 votes
- Psalms 60:3 — Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 votes
- Revelation 13:10 — He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with… 3 votes
- Daniel 5:28 — PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 3 votes
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- Daniel 5:28 — PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 5 votes
- Isaiah 24:16 — From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My… 5 votes
- Isaiah 13:17 — Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 51:46 — And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both… 4 votes
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
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- Isaiah 13:8 — And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that… 5 votes
- Isaiah 26:17 — Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her… 4 votes
- Psalms 48:6 — Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 4 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman… 3 votes
- Micah 4:9–10 — Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 48:41 — Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall… 3 votes
Pointed to from (27)
- Jeremiah 30:6 — Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his… 6 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 48:41 — Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 4:19 — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace,… 4 votes
Isaiah 21:4
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Points to (14)
- Luke 21:34–36 — And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness,… 3 votes
- Nahum 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured… 2 votes
- Daniel 5:5 — In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister… 2 votes
- Daniel 5:1 — Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 votes
- Jeremiah 51:57 — And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 51:39 — In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a… 2 votes
Pointed to from (20)
- Psalms 91:5 — Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 7 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7 — For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 3 votes
- Daniel 5:30 — In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 3 votes
- Isaiah 5:14 — Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their… 3 votes
Isaiah 21:5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Points to (10)
- Jeremiah 51:57 — And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 51:39 — In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for… 4 votes
- Daniel 5:1–5 — Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 3 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 51:27–28 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call… 2 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except… 13 votes
- Habakkuk 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 46:3 — Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4 votes
- 2 Samuel 1:21 — Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings:… 4 votes
Isaiah 21:6
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
Points to (6)
- Habakkuk 2:1–2 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and… 6 votes
- Ezekiel 33:2–7 — Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if… 6 votes
- Ezekiel 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and… 5 votes
- 2 Kings 9:17–20 — And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 51:12–13 — Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the… 3 votes
- Isaiah 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that… 3 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Ezekiel 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and… 3 votes
- Isaiah 21:11 — The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 3 votes
- Song of Solomon 3:3 — The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 3 votes
- Ezekiel 33:2 — Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if… 2 votes
Isaiah 21:7
And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
Points to (3)
- Isaiah 21:9 — And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is… 4 votes
- Hebrews 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we… 2 votes
- Isaiah 37:24 — By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Jeremiah 50:25 — The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work… 3 votes
- Isaiah 46:11 — Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 17:24 — And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through… 2 votes
Isaiah 21:8
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Points to (11)
- Habakkuk 2:1–2 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and… 3 votes
- 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 50:44 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 25:38 — He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 4:7 — The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from… 2 votes
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- Habakkuk 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and… 24 votes
- Revelation 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the… 5 votes
- Romans 12:7 — Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 5 votes
- Acts 12:10 — When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city;… 3 votes
Isaiah 21:9
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Points to (17)
- Revelation 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the… 7 votes
- Revelation 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 51:8 — Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 5 votes
- Jeremiah 51:44 — And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up:… 4 votes
- Isaiah 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 51:64 — And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and… 2 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Revelation 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is… 7 votes
- Isaiah 46:1 — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 51:8 — Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. 5 votes
Isaiah 21:10
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Points to (9)
- Jeremiah 51:33 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is… 7 votes
- Micah 4:13 — Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and… 6 votes
- Matthew 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he… 4 votes
- Ezekiel 3:17–19 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and… 4 votes
- Isaiah 41:15–16 — Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and… 4 votes
- 2 Kings 13:7 — Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand… 4 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Isaiah 41:15 — Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 51:33 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is… 5 votes
- Ezekiel 40:4 — And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart… 4 votes
- Isaiah 48:6 — Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even… 2 votes
Isaiah 21:11
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Points to (17)
- Genesis 25:14 — And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 7 votes
- Obadiah 1:1–16 — The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an… 6 votes
- Amos 1:6 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment… 5 votes
- Joel 3:19 — Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children… 4 votes
- Malachi 1:2–4 — I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith… 3 votes
- Ezekiel 35:1–15 — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 3 votes
Pointed to from (12)
- Romans 13:11 — And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer… 12 votes
- Habakkuk 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 6:17 — Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 5 votes
- Ezekiel 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and… 4 votes
Isaiah 21:12
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
Points to (12)
- Acts 17:30–32 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 5 votes
- Acts 2:37–38 — Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the… 3 votes
- Acts 17:19–20 — And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou… 2 votes
- Ezekiel 18:30–32 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent,… 2 votes
- Ezekiel 14:1–6 — Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. 2 votes
- Ezekiel 7:12 — The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon… 2 votes
Isaiah 21:13
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Points to (11)
- Jeremiah 25:23–24 — Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, 5 votes
- Ezekiel 27:15 — The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a… 3 votes
- 1 Chronicles 1:32 — Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and… 3 votes
- Genesis 25:3 — And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 3 votes
- Galatians 4:25 — For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her… 2 votes
- Ezekiel 27:20–21 — Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. 2 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Jeremiah 49:8 — Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the… 3 votes
- Acts 2:11 — Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 2 votes
- Jeremiah 49:28 — Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite,… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 25:24 — And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, 2 votes
Isaiah 21:14
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
Points to (8)
- Romans 12:20 — Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap… 4 votes
- Job 6:19 — The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 4 votes
- Genesis 25:15 — Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 4 votes
- Proverbs 25:21 — If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 3 votes
- 1 Peter 4:9 — Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 2 votes
- Isaiah 16:3–4 — Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts;… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Job 6:19 — The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 5 votes
- 2 Samuel 17:29 — And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to… 3 votes
- Genesis 24:17 — And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 2 votes
Isaiah 21:15
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Points to (2)
- Job 6:19–20 — The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 3 votes
- Isaiah 13:14 — And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Isaiah 23:6 — Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 2 votes
Isaiah 21:16
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Points to (10)
- Isaiah 60:7 — All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee:… 5 votes
- Isaiah 16:14 — But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab… 5 votes
- Song of Solomon 1:5 — I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 5 votes
- Psalms 120:5 — Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 5 votes
- Ezekiel 27:21 — Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 49:28 — Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite,… 4 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Leviticus 25:50 — And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile:… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 49:28 — Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite,… 3 votes
- Isaiah 42:11 — Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the… 3 votes
- Isaiah 16:14 — But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab… 3 votes
Isaiah 21:17
And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
Points to (8)
- Zechariah 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your… 4 votes
- Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall… 4 votes
- Matthew 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 3 votes
- Isaiah 1:20 — But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 3 votes
- Jeremiah 44:29 — And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know… 2 votes
- Isaiah 17:4–5 — And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Isaiah 24:3 — The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. 2 votes
- Isaiah 10:19 — And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. 2 votes
- 1 Chronicles 1:29 — These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 2 votes