Isaiah 16:12

Good News Translation

The people of Moab wear themselves out going to their mountain shrines and to their temples to pray, but it will do them no good.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:7

On the mountain east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god of Ammon.

1 Kings 18:29

They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.

2 Kings 19:12

My ancestors destroyed the cities of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and killed the people of Betheden who lived in Telassar, and none of their gods could save them.

2 Kings 3:27

So he took his oldest son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him on the city wall as a sacrifice to the god of Moab. The Israelites were terrified and so they drew back from the city and returned to their own country.

Proverbs 1:28

Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief.

Isaiah 16:13

That is the message the Lord gave earlier about Moab.

Isaiah 26:16

You punished your people, Lord, and in anguish they prayed to you.

Isaiah 37:38

One day when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.

Isaiah 47:13

You are powerless in spite of the advice you get. Let your astrologers come forward and save you— those people who study the stars, who map out the zones of the heavens and tell you from month to month what is going to happen to you.

Jeremiah 10:5

Such idols are like scarecrows in a field of melons; they cannot speak; they have to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them: they can cause you no harm, and they can do you no good.”

Jeremiah 48:13

Then the Moabites will be disillusioned with their god Chemosh, just as the Israelites were disillusioned with Bethel, a god in whom they trusted.

Jeremiah 48:35

I will stop the people of Moab from making burnt offerings at their places of worship and from offering sacrifices to their gods. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Jeremiah 48:46

Pity the people of Moab! The people who worshiped Chemosh have been destroyed, and their sons and daughters have been taken away as prisoners.

Jeremiah 48:7

“Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered; your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests.

Numbers 21:28

Once from this city of Heshbon Sihon's army went forth like a fire; It destroyed the city of Ar in Moab And devoured the hills of the upper Arnon.

Numbers 22:39

So Balaam went with Balak to the town of Huzoth,

Numbers 22:41

The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, from where Balaam could see a part of the people of Israel.

Numbers 23:14

He took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Mount Pisgah. There also he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each of them.

Numbers 23:28

So he took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor overlooking the desert.

Numbers 24:17

I look into the future, And I see the nation of Israel. A king, like a bright star, will arise in that nation. Like a comet he will come from Israel. He will strike the leaders of Moab And beat down all the people of Seth.