Isaiah 7:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Lord will pay the king of Assyria to bring a razor from across the River Euphrates and shave your head and every hair on your body, including your beard.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:5

Why be punished more? Why not give up your sin? Your head is badly bruised, and you are weak all over.

Isaiah 10:15

King of Assyria, can an axe or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it?

Isaiah 11:15

The Lord will dry up the arm of the Red Sea near Egypt, and he will send a scorching wind to divide the River Euphrates into seven streams that anyone can step across.

Isaiah 36:1

Hezekiah had been king of Judah for fourteen years when King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city

Isaiah 8:7

Now I will send the king of Assyria against them with his powerful army, which will attack like the mighty River Euphrates overflowing its banks.

Isaiah 9:13

The people of Israel still did not turn back to the LORD All-Powerful and worship him.

Jeremiah 2:18

and you trusted the power of Egypt and Assyria.

Ezekiel 29:18

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia has attacked the city of Tyre. He forced his soldiers to carry so many heavy loads that their heads were rubbed bald, and their shoulders were red and sore. Nebuchadnezzar and his army still could not capture the city.

Ezekiel 29:20

Egypt will be his reward, because he and his army have been following my orders. I, the LORD God, have spoken.