Isaiah 57:13

New American Bible - revised edition

When you cry out, let your collection of idols save you. All these the wind shall carry off, a mere breath shall bear them away; But whoever takes refuge in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.

Cross References

2 Kings 3:13

Elisha asked the king of Israel, “What do you want with me? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel replied, “No, the Lord has called these three kings together only to deliver us into the power of Moab.”

Job 21:18

Let them be like straw before the wind, like chaff the storm carries away!

Psalm 1:4

But not so are the wicked, not so! They are like chaff driven by the wind.

Psalm 118:8

Better to take refuge in the Lord than to put one’s trust in mortals.

Psalm 125:1

A song of ascents. Those trusting in the Lord are like Mount Zion, unshakable, forever enduring.

Psalm 37:11

But the poor will inherit the earth, will delight in great prosperity.

Psalm 37:22

For those blessed by the Lord will inherit the earth, but those accursed will be cut off.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous will inherit the earth and dwell in it forever.

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good that you may dwell in the land and live secure.

Psalm 37:34

Wait eagerly for the Lord, and keep his way; He will raise you up to inherit the earth; you will see when the wicked are cut off.

Psalm 37:9

Those who do evil will be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord will inherit the earth.

Psalm 58:9

Let them dissolve like a snail that oozes away, like an untimely birth that never sees the sun.

Psalm 84:12

For a sun and shield is the Lord God, bestowing all grace and glory. The Lord withholds no good thing from those who walk without reproach.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Isaiah 11:9

They shall not harm or destroy on all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea.

Isaiah 14:32

What will one answer the messengers of the nations? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”

Isaiah 25:4

For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress; Shelter from the rain, shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rain,

Isaiah 40:24

Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely their stem rooted in the earth, When he breathes upon them and they wither, and the stormwind carries them away like straw.

Isaiah 41:16

When you winnow them, the wind shall carry them off, the storm shall scatter them. But you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

Isaiah 45:20

Come and assemble, gather together, you fugitives from among the nations! They are without knowledge who bear wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save.

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 56:7

Them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

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 65:11

But you who forsake the Lord, who forget my holy mountain, Who spread a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall pasture together, and the lion shall eat hay like the ox— but the serpent’s food shall be dust. None shall harm or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

Isaiah 65:9

From Jacob I will bring forth offspring, from Judah, those who are to possess my mountains; My chosen ones shall possess the land, my servants shall dwell there.

Isaiah 66:20

They shall bring all your kin from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots, in carts, upon mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:28

Where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up! Will they save you in your time of trouble? For as numerous as your cities are your gods, O Judah! And as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up for Baal.

Jeremiah 22:20

Climb Lebanon and cry out, in Bashan lift up your voice; Cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers are crushed.

Jeremiah 22:22

The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, your lovers shall go into exile. Surely then you shall be ashamed and confounded because of all your wickedness.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you, they do not seek you out. I struck you as an enemy would strike, punishing you cruelly.

Ezekiel 20:40

For on my holy mountain, on the highest mountain in Israel—oracle of the Lord God—there the whole house of Israel shall worship me; there in the land I will accept them all, there I will claim your tributes, the best of your offerings, from all your holy things.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like a morning cloud or like the dew that vanishes with the dawn, Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor or like smoke out of the window.

Zechariah 7:13

Just as when I called out and they did not listen, so they will call out and I will not listen, says the Lord of hosts.

Judges 10:14

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen; let them save you in your time of distress.