Isaiah 22:1

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“This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,”

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BSBPD

“This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The burden of the Valley of Vision. What--to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee--to the roofs?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 22:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 21:17Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
  2. Deuteronomy 22:8If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
  3. Judges 18:23When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
  4. 1 Samuel 3:1And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.
  5. 1 Samuel 11:5Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
  6. 2 Samuel 14:5“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
  7. 2 Kings 6:28Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
  8. Psalms 114:5Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
  9. Psalms 125:2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
  10. Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
  11. Proverbs 29:18Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
  12. Isaiah 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
  13. Isaiah 15:3In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
  14. Jeremiah 19:13The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
  15. Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
  16. Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
  17. Jeremiah 32:32because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
  18. Jeremiah 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
  19. Joel 3:12Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
  20. Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
  21. Micah 3:6Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
  22. Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
  23. Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
  24. Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

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