Isaiah 4:4

New American Bible - revised edition

When the Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And purges Jerusalem’s blood from her midst with a blast of judgment, a searing blast,

Cross References

Psalm 51:2

when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Song of Solomon 3:11

go out and look upon King Solomon In the crown with which his mother has crowned him on the day of his marriage, on the day of the joy of his heart.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!

Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy.

Isaiah 1:31

The strong tree shall turn to tinder, and the one who tends it shall become a spark; Both of them shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

Isaiah 27:9

This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob’s guilt, this the result of removing his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no asherahs or incense altars shall stand.

Isaiah 28:6

A spirit of judgment for the one who sits in judgment, And strength for those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 9:19

They hack on the right, but remain hungry; they devour on the left, but are not filled. Each devours the flesh of the neighbor;

Isaiah 9:5

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 9:6

Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: I will refine them and test them; how else should I deal with the daughter of my people?

Lamentations 1:9

Her uncleanness is on her skirt; she has no thought of her future. Her downfall is astonishing, with no one to comfort her. “Look, O Lord, at my misery; how the enemy triumphs!”

Ezekiel 22:15

I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you over other lands, so that I may purge your filth.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:29

I will deliver you from all your impurities. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful; I will not send famine against you.

Zephaniah 3:1

Ah! Rebellious and polluted, the tyrannical city!

Zechariah 13:1

On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to purify from sin and uncleanness.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the one third through the fire; I will refine them as one refines silver, and I will test them as one tests gold. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them; I will say, “They are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling!