Isaiah 51:16

New American Bible - revised edition

I have put my words into your mouth, I covered you, shielded by my hand, Stretching out the heavens, laying the foundations of the earth, saying to Zion: You are my people.

Cross References

Psalm 75:3

“I will choose the time; I will judge fairly.

Psalm 91:4

He will shelter you with his pinions, and under his wings you may take refuge; his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

Psalm 92:13

The just shall flourish like the palm tree, shall grow like a cedar of Lebanon.

Exodus 33:22

When my glory passes I will set you in the cleft of the rock and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

Exodus 4:15

You will speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will assist both you and him in speaking and teach you both what you are to do.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, The creator of the heavens, who is God, The designer and maker of the earth who established it, Not as an empty waste did he create it, but designing it to be lived in: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 48:13

Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth; my right hand spread out the heavens. When I summon them, they stand forth at once.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my mouth like a sharp-edged sword, concealed me, shielded by his hand. He made me a sharpened arrow, in his quiver he hid me.

Isaiah 49:8

Thus says the Lord: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; I form you and set you as a covenant for the people, To restore the land and allot the devastated heritages,

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

Isaiah 57:19

creating words of comfort. Peace! Peace to those who are far and near, says the Lord; and I will heal them.

Isaiah 59:21

This is my covenant with them, which I myself have made, says the Lord: My spirit which is upon you and my words that I have put in your mouth Shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your children Nor the mouths of your children’s children from this time forth and forever, says the Lord.

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will all be just; for all time they will possess the land; They are the shoot that I planted, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3

to place on those who mourn in Zion a diadem instead of ashes, To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of justice, the planting of the Lord to show his glory.

Isaiah 65:17

See, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; The former things shall not be remembered nor come to mind.

Isaiah 66:22

Just as the new heavens and the new earth which I am making Shall endure before me—oracle of the Lord— so shall your descendants and your name endure.

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the Lord extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying to me, See, I place my words in your mouth!

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days—oracle of the Lord. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 32:38

They shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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.”

Zechariah 8:8

I will bring them back to dwell within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and justice.

John 17:8

because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

John 3:34

For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kindred, and will put my words into the mouth of the prophet; the prophet shall tell them all that I command.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The God of old is a refuge; a support are the arms of the Everlasting. He drove the enemy out of your way and he said, “Destroy!”

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and I will write them upon their hearts. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2 Peter 3:13

But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Revelation 1:1

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must happen soon. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,