Isaiah 21:2

Modern English Version

A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam. Lay siege, O Media. All her sighing I have made to cease.

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria seized Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He put them in Halah, in Habor by the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Psalm 119:158

I look at the transgressors and grieve, because they keep not Your word.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy sigh, now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Psalm 25:3

Let no one who waits on You be ashamed; let them be ashamed who transgress without cause.

Psalm 60:3

You have shown Your people hardship; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger.

Psalm 79:11

Let the groaning of the prisoners come before You; according to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are appointed to die.

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding gives favor, but the way of traitors is their destruction.

Isaiah 11:11

In that day the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, who shall be left, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 14:4

you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How has the oppressor ceased! The golden city ceased!

Isaiah 14:7

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they break forth into singing.

Isaiah 22:6

Elam took up the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

Isaiah 24:16

From the uttermost part of the earth we hear songs, that is, “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I say, Woe to me! Woe to me! Alas for me! The treacherous deal treacherously; indeed, the treacherous deal very treacherously.

Isaiah 33:1

Woe to you, O destroyer, though you were not destroyed, and he who is treacherous, though others did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease destroying, you shall be destroyed; and when you finish dealing treacherously, others shall deal treacherously with you.

Isaiah 35:10

and the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people; I have polluted My inheritance and given them into your hand. You did not show them mercy; on the aged you have laid your yoke very heavily.

Jeremiah 25:25

and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For since I spoke against him, I still remember him; therefore My heart longs for him. I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I satiate the weary souls and I replenish every languishing soul.

Jeremiah 45:3

You said, “Alas, woe is me! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.”

Jeremiah 49:34

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

Jeremiah 49:35

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

Jeremiah 50:14

Put yourselves in battle array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of Hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, that He may give rest to the land, but disquiet to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows. Gather the shields. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of His temple.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth from his mouth what he has swallowed up; and the nations will not flow together any more to him. Indeed, the wall of Babylon will fall.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me will destroyers come to her, says the Lord.

Lamentations 1:22

Let all their wickedness come before You, and do to them as You have done to me for all my transgressions; for my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

Daniel 5:28

Peres: your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 5:9

Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were astonished.

Daniel 8:2

I saw in the vision, and while I was looking, I was at Susa in the palace which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision that I was by the canal of Ulai.

Daniel 8:20

The ram which you saw having two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

Revelation 13:10

“He who is to be taken captive, into captivity he shall go; he who kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the patience and the faith of the saints.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘From the wicked comes forth wickedness,’ but my hand will not be against you.