Isaiah 36:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.”

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BSBPD

“until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 36:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  2. Deuteronomy 8:7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
  3. Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
  4. 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
  5. 2 Kings 18:9In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
  6. 2 Kings 18:32until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
  7. 2 Kings 24:11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
  8. Job 20:17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
  9. Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

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

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