Isaiah 51:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

These two things have happened to you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? How can I  comfort you?

Cross References

Amos 7:2

When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,  I said, ‘Lord God, please forgive!  How will Jacob survive, since he is so small? ’

Isaiah 47:9

These two things will happen to you suddenly, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They will happen to you in their entirety, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

2 Corinthians 7:13

For this reason we have been comforted. In addition to our own comfort, we rejoiced even more over the joy Titus  had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.

Ezekiel 14:21

‘For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send my four  devastating judgements against Jerusalem #– #sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague #– #in order to wipe out both people and animals from it!

Lamentations 1:12

Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine, which was dealt out to me, which the Lord made me suffer on the day of his burning anger?

Lamentations 1:9

Her uncleanness stains her skirts. She never considered her end. Her downfall was astonishing; there was no one to comfort her. Lord, look on my affliction, for the enemy boasts.

Isaiah 61:2

to proclaim the year of the  Lord’s favour, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort  all who mourn,

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said, ‘Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear   people.’

Isaiah 14:30

Then the firstborn  of the poor will be well fed, and the impoverished will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root with hunger, and your remnant will be slain.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.  Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Job 42:11

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances  came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathised with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver  , and a gold earring.

Job 2:11

Now when Job’s three friends #– #Eliphaz the Temanite,  Bildad the Shuhite,  and Zophar the Naamathite #– #heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathise with him and comfort  him.

Isaiah 8:21

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upwards, will curse their king and their God.

Isaiah 9:20

They carve meat on the right, but they are still hungry; they have eaten on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one eats the flesh of his arm.

Isaiah 54:11

‘Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence will never again be heard of in your land; devastation and destruction will be gone from your borders. You will call your walls Salvation and your city gates Praise.

Jeremiah 15:5

Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will show sympathy towards you? Who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?

Jeremiah 24:10

I will send the sword, famine, and plague  against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’

Nahum 3:7

Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will show sympathy to her? ’ Where can I find anyone to comfort you?

Lamentations 3:47

We have experienced panic and pitfall, devastation and destruction.’

Ezekiel 14:15

‘Suppose I allow dangerous animals  to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals.