Isaiah 34:17

God's Word

He is the one who throws dice for them, and his hand divides up ⌞the land⌟ for them with a measuring line. They will possess it permanently and live there for generations.

Cross References

Psalm 78:55

He forced nations out of their way and gave them the land of the nations as their inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their own tents.

Isaiah 17:13

The people will make noise like raging water. But the Lord will yell at them, and they will run far away. They will be chased away like husks on the mountains being blown by the wind, like whirling dust being blown by a storm.

Isaiah 17:14

In the evening there will be sudden terror. Before morning they will be gone. This will be the fate of those who looted us, the destiny of those who robbed us.

Isaiah 34:10

They will not be extinguished day or night, and smoke will always go up from them. Edom will lie in ruins for generations. No one will ever travel through it.

Isaiah 34:11

Pelicans and herons will take possession of the land. Owls and crows will live there. He will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of destruction over it.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your fate, the destiny I have planned for you,” declares the Lord. “You have forgotten me and trusted false gods.

Acts 13:19

Then he destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their land to his people as an inheritance.

Acts 17:26

From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live.

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the Lord’s people were his property. Jacob was his own possession.

Joshua 18:8

As the men got ready to go, Joshua ordered them to write a description of the land. He said, “Go survey the land. Write a description of it, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you in the presence of the Lord here in Shiloh.”