Isaiah 13:1

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“This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:”

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“This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:”

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“The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.”

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“The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.”

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“The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 13:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 1:1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
  2. Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
  3. Isaiah 14:4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
  4. Isaiah 14:28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
  5. Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
  6. Isaiah 17:1This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
  7. Isaiah 19:1This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
  8. Isaiah 21:1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
  9. Isaiah 21:13This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
  10. Isaiah 22:1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,
  11. Isaiah 22:25In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
  12. Isaiah 43:14Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
  13. Isaiah 44:1But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
  14. Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
  15. Jeremiah 23:33“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
  16. Jeremiah 25:12But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
  17. Jeremiah 28:8The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
  18. Jeremiah 50:1This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
  19. Jeremiah 51:51“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
  20. Ezekiel 12:10Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’
  21. Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
  22. Daniel 5:28PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
  23. Nahum 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
  24. Habakkuk 1:1This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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