Isaiah 57:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ask your idols to save you when you are in trouble. Be careful though— it takes only a faint breath to blow them over. But if you come to me for protection, this land and my holy mountain will always belong to you.

Cross References

2 Kings 3:13

and he asked Joram, “Why did you come to me? Go and talk to the prophets of the foreign gods your parents worshipped.” “No,” Joram answered. “It was the LORD who led us out here, so that Moab's army could capture us.”

Job 21:18

How often does he strike them like a storm that scatters straw?

Psalm 1:4

That isn't true of those who are evil, because they are like straw blown by the wind.

Psalm 118:8

It is better to trust the LORD for protection than to trust anyone else,

Psalm 125:1

Everyone who trusts the LORD is like Mount Zion that cannot be shaken and will stand for ever.

Psalm 37:11

but the poor will take the land and enjoy a big harvest.

Psalm 37:22

Everyone the LORD blesses will receive the land; everyone the LORD curses will be destroyed.

Psalm 37:29

God's people will own the land and live here for ever.

Psalm 37:3

Trust the LORD and live right! The land will be yours, and you will be safe.

Psalm 37:34

Trust the LORD and follow him. He will give you the land, and you will see the wicked destroyed.

Psalm 37:9

All sinners will disappear, but if you trust the LORD, the land will be yours.

Psalm 58:9

Wipe them out quicker than a pot can be heated by setting thorns on fire.

Psalm 84:12

LORD God All-Powerful, you bless everyone who trusts you.

Proverbs 28:25

Selfish people cause trouble, but you will live a full life if you trust the LORD.

Isaiah 11:9

Nothing harmful will take place on the LORD's holy mountain. Just as water fills the sea, the land will be filled with people who know and honour the LORD.

Isaiah 14:32

If a messenger comes from a distant nation, you must say: “The LORD built Zion. Even the poorest of his people will find safety there.”

Isaiah 25:4

You have been a place of safety for the poor and needy in times of trouble. Brutal enemies pounded us like a heavy rain or the heat of the sun at midday, but you were our shelter.

Isaiah 40:24

They are like flowers freshly sprung up and starting to grow. But when God blows on them, they wilt and are carried off like straw in a storm.

Isaiah 41:16

A strong wind will scatter them in all directions. Then you will celebrate and praise me, your LORD, the holy God of Israel.

Isaiah 45:20

to every survivor from every nation: “Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods.

Isaiah 49:8

This is what the LORD says: I will answer your prayers because I have set a time when I will help by coming to save you. I have chosen you to take my promise of hope to other nations. You will rebuild the country from its ruins, then people will come and settle there.

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to my holy mountain, where they will celebrate in my house of worship. Their sacrifices and offerings will always be welcome on my altar. Then my house will be known as a house of worship for all nations.

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will live right and always own the land; they are the trees I planted to bring praise to me.

Isaiah 65:11

What will I, the LORD, do if any of you reject me and my holy mountain? What will happen to you for offering food and wine to the gods you call “Good Luck” and “Fate”?

Isaiah 65:25

Wolves and lambs will graze together; lions and oxen will feed on straw. Snakes will eat only dust! They won't bite or harm anyone on my holy mountain. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Isaiah 65:9

I have chosen the people of Israel and Judah, and I will bless them with many descendants. They will settle here in this land of mountains, and it will be theirs.

Isaiah 66:20

They will bring your relatives from the nations as an offering to me, the LORD. They will come on horses, chariots, wagons, mules, and camels to Jerusalem, my holy mountain. It will be like the people of Israel bringing the right offering to my temple.

Jeremiah 2:28

Go and cry to the gods you made! There should be enough of them to save you, because Judah has as many gods as it has towns.

Jeremiah 22:20

People of Jerusalem, the nations you trusted have been crushed. Go to Lebanon and weep; cry in the land of Bashan and in Moab.

Jeremiah 22:22

Now you will be disgraced because of your sins. Your leaders will be swept away by the wind, and the nations you trusted will be captured and dragged to a foreign country.

Jeremiah 30:14

Your friends have forgotten you; they don't care any more. Even I have acted like an enemy. And because your sins are horrible and countless, I will be cruel as I punish you. So don't bother to cry out for relief from your pain.

Ezekiel 20:40

When that day comes, everyone in Israel will worship me on Mount Zion, my holy mountain in Jerusalem. I will once again call you my own, and I will accept your sacred offerings and sacrifices.

Hosea 13:3

And so, all of you will vanish like the mist or the dew of early morning, or husks of grain in the wind or smoke from a chimney.

Joel 3:17

I am the LORD your God. And you will know I live on Zion, my sacred hill, because Jerusalem will be sacred, untouched by foreign troops.

Zechariah 7:13

and said, “You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me.”