Isaiah 22:1

New Century Version

This is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is wrong with you people? Why are you on your roofs?

Cross References

Genesis 21:17

God heard the boy crying, and God’s angel called to Hagar from heaven. He said, “What is wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid! God has heard the boy crying there.

2 Samuel 14:5

King David asked her, “What is the matter?” The woman said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.

2 Kings 6:28

Then the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we can eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.’

Psalm 114:5

Sea, why did you run away? Jordan, why did you turn back?

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, the Lord surrounds his people now and forever.

Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no word from God, people are uncontrolled, but those who obey what they have been taught are happy.

Isaiah 13:1

God showed Isaiah son of Amoz this message about Babylon:

Isaiah 15:3

In the streets they wear rough cloth to show their sadness. On the roofs and in the public squares, they are crying loudly.

Isaiah 22:5

The Lord God All-Powerful has chosen a special day of riots and confusion. People will trample each other in the Valley of Vision. The city walls will be knocked down, and the people will cry out to the mountain.

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses in Jerusalem and the king’s palaces will become as unclean as this place, Topheth, because the people worshiped gods on the roofs of their houses. They worshiped the stars and burned incense to honor them and gave drink offerings to gods.’ ”

Jeremiah 21:13

“ ‘Jerusalem, I am against you, you who live on top of the mountain over this valley, says the Lord. You say, “No one can attack us or come into our strong city.”

Jeremiah 32:29

The Babylonian army is already attacking the city of Jerusalem. They will soon enter it and start a fire to burn down the city and its houses. The people of Jerusalem offered sacrifices to Baal on the roofs of those same houses and poured out drink offerings to other idols to make me angry.

Jeremiah 32:32

I will destroy it, because of all the evil the people of Israel and Judah have done. The people, their kings and officers, their priests and prophets, all the people of Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have made me angry.

Jeremiah 48:38

People are crying on every roof in Moab and in every public square. There is nothing but sadness, because I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants,” says the Lord.

Joel 3:12

“Wake up, nations, and come to attack in the Valley Where the Lord Judges. There I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.

Joel 3:14

There are huge numbers of people in the Valley of Decision, because the Lord’s day of judging is near in the Valley of Decision.

Micah 3:6

So it will become like night for them, without visions. It will become dark for them, without any way to tell the future. The sun is about to set for the prophets; their day will become dark.

Zephaniah 1:5

I will destroy those who worship the stars from the roofs, and those who worship and make promises by both the Lord and the god Molech,

Matthew 10:27

I tell you these things in the dark, but I want you to tell them in the light. What you hear whispered in your ear you should shout from the housetops.

Romans 3:2

Yes, of course, there is in every way. The most important thing is this: God trusted the Jews with his teachings.

Deuteronomy 22:8

When you build a new house, build a low wall around the edge of the roof so you will not be guilty if someone falls off the roof.

Judges 18:23

The men with Micah shouted at the Danites, who turned around and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you? Why have you been called out to fight?”

1 Samuel 11:5

Saul was coming home from plowing the fields with his oxen when he heard the people crying. He asked, “What’s wrong with the people that they are crying?” Then they told Saul what the messengers from Jabesh had said.

1 Samuel 3:1

The boy Samuel served the Lord under Eli. In those days the Lord did not speak directly to people very often; there were very few visions.