Isaiah 47:6

God's Word

I was angry with my people. I dishonored those who belong to me. I put them under your control. You showed them no mercy. You placed a heavy burden on old people.

Cross References

Zechariah 1:15

and I’m very angry with the nations who think they are at ease. I was only a little angry, but they made things worse.

2 Chronicles 28:9

A prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He went to meet the army coming home to Samaria. He said to them, “The Lord God of your ancestors handed Judah over to you in his anger. You killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.

Deuteronomy 28:50

Its people will be fierce-looking. They will show no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

Obadiah 1:10

“Because of the violence you did to Jacob, your relative, you will be covered with shame. You will be destroyed forever.

James 2:13

No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Psalm 69:26

They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.

Obadiah 1:16

As you, Israel, drank on my holy mountain, so all nations will drink in turn. They will drink and guzzle down everything in it. They will be like those who have never existed.

Isaiah 14:17

who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities, who didn’t let his prisoners go home?”

Isaiah 10:6

I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.

Matthew 7:2

Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.

Ezekiel 28:16

You traded far and wide. You learned to be violent, and you sinned. So I threw you down from God’s mountain in disgrace. The guardian angel forced you out from the fiery stones.

Ezekiel 24:21

‘Tell the nation of Israel, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to dishonor my holy place. You brag that my holy place gives you strength. It’s the thing you love the most. It’s your hearts’ desire. So the sons and daughters that you left behind will die in battle.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor.

Isaiah 43:28

That is why I will corrupt the leaders of the holy place. I will claim Jacob for destruction. I will set up Israel for ridicule.

Isaiah 13:16

Their little children will be smashed to death right before their eyes. Their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

2 Samuel 24:14

“I’m in a desperate situation,” David told Gad. “Please let us fall into the Lord’s hands because he is very merciful. But don’t let me fall into human hands.”

Isaiah 14:6

They struck the people with fury, with blows that didn’t stop. They ruled nations in anger, persecuting them without restraint.

Jeremiah 50:42

They will take hold of bows and spears. They will be cruel and have no compassion. They will sound like the sea when it roars. They will ride horses. They are ready for war, ready to attack you, people of Babylon.

Lamentations 1:14

My rebellious acts are a heavy burden for me. They were tied together by God’s own hands. They were tied around my neck. He has weakened me ⌞with them⌟. The Lord has handed me over to people I cannot oppose.

Lamentations 1:21

“All my enemies have heard that I am groaning. No one offers me comfort. All my enemies have heard about my disaster. They are happy that you did it. You have allowed the day to come, the one that you had announced. Let my enemies be like me now.

Lamentations 5:12

⌞Our⌟ leaders are hung by their hands. ⌞Our⌟ older leaders are shown no respect.

2 Chronicles 10:11

If my father put a heavy burden on you, I will add to it. If my father punished you with whips, I will punish you with scorpions.’ ”

2 Chronicles 36:17

So he had the Babylonian king attack them and execute their best young men in their holy temple. He didn’t spare the best men or the unmarried women, the old people or the sick people. God handed all of them over to him.

2 Chronicles 36:20

The king of Babylon took those who weren’t executed to Babylon to be slaves for him and his sons. They remained captives until the Persian Empire began to rule.

Ezra 5:12

But because our ancestors made the God of heaven angry, he handed them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (a Chaldean). So Nebuchadnezzar destroyed this temple and deported its people to Babylon.

Lamentations 4:16

The Lord himself has scattered them. He will no longer look favorably on them. They no longer respected the priests, nor did they honor their older leaders.”

Zechariah 1:12

Then the Messenger of the Lord said, “Lord of Armies, how much longer until you show compassion to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You’ve been angry with them for 70 years.”