Isaiah 26:21

Good News Translation

The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.

Cross References

Job 16:18

O Earth, don't hide the wrongs done to me! Don't let my call for justice be silenced!

Job 20:27

Heaven reveals their sin, and the earth gives testimony against them.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth?

Isaiah 13:11

The Lord says, “I will bring disaster on the earth and punish all wicked people for their sins. I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel.

Isaiah 18:4

The Lord said to me, “I will look down from heaven as quietly as the dew forms in the warm nights of harvest time, as serenely as the sun shines in the heat of the day.

Isaiah 22:14

The Sovereign Lord Almighty himself spoke to me and said, “This evil will never be forgiven them as long as they live. I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, have spoken.”

Isaiah 29:6

the Lord Almighty will rescue you with violent thunderstorms and earthquakes. He will send windstorms and raging fire;

Isaiah 65:6

“I have already decided on their punishment, and their sentence is written down. I will not overlook what they have done, but will repay them

Isaiah 65:7

for their sins and the sins of their ancestors. They have burned incense at pagan hill shrines and spoken evil of me. So I will punish them as their past deeds deserve.”

Isaiah 66:6

Listen! That loud noise in the city, that sound in the Temple, is the sound of the Lord punishing his enemies!

Ezekiel 8:6

God said to me, “Mortal man, do you see what is happening? Look at the disgusting things the people of Israel are doing here, driving me farther and farther away from my holy place. You will see even more disgraceful things than this.”

Luke 11:40

Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside?

Luke 11:50

So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,

Revelation 16:6

They poured out the blood of God's people and of the prophets, and so you have given them blood to drink. They are getting what they deserve!”

Revelation 18:24

Babylon was punished because the blood of prophets and of God's people was found in the city; yes, the blood of all those who have been killed on earth.