Isaiah 4:4

Good News Translation (US Version)

By his power the Lord will judge and purify the nation and wash away the guilt of Jerusalem and the blood that has been shed there.

Cross References

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God.”

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!

Ezekiel 36:29

I will save you from everything that defiles you. I will command the grain to be plentiful, so that you will not have any more famines.

Isaiah 28:6

He will give a sense of justice to those who serve as judges, and courage to those who defend the city gates from attack.

Malachi 4:1

The Lord Almighty says, “The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.

Zechariah 13:1

“When that time comes,” says the Lord Almighty, “a fountain will be opened to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.

Ezekiel 22:15

I will scatter your people to every country and nation and will put an end to your evil actions.

Lamentations 1:9

Her uncleanness was easily seen, but she showed no concern for her fate. Her downfall was terrible; no one can comfort her. Her enemies have won, and she cries to the Lord for mercy.

Isaiah 9:5

The boots of the invading army and all their bloodstained clothing will be destroyed by fire.

Isaiah 1:31

Just as straw is set on fire by a spark, so powerful people will be destroyed by their own evil deeds, and no one will be able to stop the destruction.

Isaiah 1:15

“When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.

Zephaniah 3:1

Jerusalem is doomed, that corrupt, rebellious city that oppresses its own people.

Psalm 51:2

Wash away all my evil and make me clean from my sin!

Song of Solomon 3:11

Women of Zion, come and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, on the day of his gladness and joy.

Isaiah 9:19

Because the Lord Almighty is angry, his punishment burns like a fire throughout the land and destroys the people, and it is each of us for ourselves.

Isaiah 1:25

I will take action against you. I will purify you the way metal is refined, and will remove all your impurity.

Isaiah 27:9

But Israel's sins will be forgiven only when the stones of pagan altars are ground up like chalk, and no more incense altars or symbols of the goddess Asherah are left.