Isaiah 47:2

Conservative English Version

Start grinding grain! Take off your veil. Strip off your fancy clothes and cross over rivers.

Cross References

Genesis 24:65

(SEE 24:63)

1 Chronicles 19:4

Hanun arrested David's officials and had their beards shaved off and their robes cut off just below the waist, and then he sent them away.

Job 31:10

then let some stranger steal my wife from me.

Exodus 11:5

and wherever he goes, the first-born son in every family will die. Your own son will die, and so will the son of the lowest slave woman. Even the first-born males of cattle will die.

Ecclesiastes 12:4

The noisy grinding of grain will be shut out by your deaf ears, but even the song of a bird will keep you awake.

Isaiah 20:4

Everyone in these two countries will be led away naked and barefoot by the king of Assyria. Young or old, they will be taken prisoner, and Egypt will be disgraced.

Isaiah 3:17

But I, the LORD, will cover their heads with sores, and I will uncover their private parts.

Isaiah 3:23

(SEE 3:18)

Isaiah 32:11

Shake and shudder, you women without a care! Strip off your clothes-- put on sackcloth.

Jeremiah 13:22

Do you know why your clothes were torn off and you were abused? It was because of your terrible sins.

Jeremiah 13:26

You were married to me, but you were unfaithful. You even became a prostitute by worshiping disgusting gods on hilltops and in fields.

Jeremiah 25:10

I will put an end to your parties and wedding celebrations; no one will grind grain or be here to light the lamps at night.

Jeremiah 27:7

(SEE 27:6)

Lamentations 5:13

Young men are forced to do the work of slaves; boys must carry heavy loads of wood.

Hosea 2:3

or I will strip her naked like the day she was born. I will make her barren like a desert, and she will die of thirst.

Micah 1:11

Depart naked and ashamed, you people of Shaphir. The town of Bethezel mourns because no one from Zaanan went out to help.

Matthew 24:41

Two women will be together grinding grain, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.

Luke 17:35

Two women will be together grinding wheat, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.

1 Corinthians 11:5

But any woman who prays or prophesies without something on her head brings shame to her head. In fact, she may as well shave her head.

Judges 16:21

The Philistines grabbed Samson and poked out his eyes. They took him to the prison in Gaza and chained him up. Then they put him to work, turning a millstone to grind grain.