Isaiah 21:2

New King James Version

A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease.

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

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

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Psalm 119:158

I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, Because they do not keep Your word.

Psalm 12:5

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Psalm 25:3

Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.

Psalm 60:3

You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion.

Psalm 79:11

Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die;

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Isaiah 11:11

It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 14:4

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

Isaiah 14:7

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

Isaiah 22:6

Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.

Isaiah 24:16

From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I said, “I am ruined, ruined! Woe to me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”

Isaiah 33:1

Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on 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 profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.

Jeremiah 25:25

all the kings of Zimri, 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 though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”

Jeremiah 45:3

‘You said, “Woe is me now! 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 that 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 foremost of their might.

Jeremiah 50:14

“Put yourselves in 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, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:11

Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields! The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it, Because it is the vengeance of the Lord, The vengeance for His temple.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed; And the nations shall not stream to him anymore. Yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon were to mount up to heaven, And though she were to fortify the height of her strength, Yet from Me plunderers would 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 sighs 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, his countenance was changed, and his lords were astonished.

Daniel 8:2

I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in Shushan, the citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai.

Daniel 8:20

The ram which you saw, having the two horns—they are the kings of Media and Persia.

Revelation 13:10

He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

1 Samuel 24:13

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you.