Isaiah 47:2

God's Word

Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil. Take off your skirt. Uncover your legs, and cross the river.

Cross References

Genesis 24:65

She asked the servant, “Who is that man over there coming through the field to meet us?” “That is my master,” the servant answered. Then she took her veil and covered herself.

1 Chronicles 19:4

So Hanun took David’s men, shaved them, cut off their clothes from the waist down, and sent them away.

Job 31:10

⌞then⌟ let my wife grind for another ⌞man⌟, and let other ⌞men⌟ kneel over her.

Exodus 11:5

Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who rules the land, to the firstborn children of female slaves who use their handmills, including every firstborn domestic animal.

Ecclesiastes 12:4

Remember your Creator when the doors to the street are closed, the sound of the mill is muffled, you are startled at the sound of a bird, ⌞and⌟ those who sing songs become quiet.

Isaiah 20:4

The king of Assyria will lead away both the young and the old—captives from Egypt and exiles from Sudan. They will be barefoot and naked. Their buttocks will be exposed in order to disgrace Egypt.

Isaiah 3:17

The Lord will cause sores ⌞to appear⌟ on the heads of the women of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.

Isaiah 3:23

mirrors, underwear, headdresses, and veils.

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you pampered women. Tremble, you overconfident women. Take off your clothes, walk around naked, and wear sackcloth around your waists.

Jeremiah 13:22

If you ask yourself, “Why do these things happen to me?” it’s because you have so many sins. Your clothes have been torn off and your limbs are bare.

Jeremiah 13:26

I will also tear off your clothes, and your shame will be seen.

Jeremiah 25:10

I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.

Lamentations 5:13

⌞Our⌟ young men work at the mill, and ⌞our⌟ boys stagger under loads of wood.

Hosea 2:3

If she refuses, I will strip her. I will leave her as naked as the day she was born. I will turn her into a dry and barren land, and she will die of thirst.

Micah 1:11

Pass by, naked and ashamed, inhabitants of Shaphir. Don’t come out, inhabitants of Zaanan. Beth Ezel is in mourning. It will take its support away from you.

Matthew 24:41

Two women will be working at a mill. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.

Luke 17:35

Two women will be grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.”

1 Corinthians 11:5

Every woman who prays or speaks what God has revealed and has her head uncovered while she speaks dishonors the one who has authority over her. She is like the woman who has her head shaved.

Judges 16:21

The Philistines grabbed him. They poked out his eyes and took him to the prison in Gaza. They tied him up with double chains and made him grind grain in the mill there.