Isaiah 34:17

The Scriptures 1998

And He shall cast the lot for them, and His hand shall divide it among them with a measuring line – they possess it forever, from generation to generation they dwell in it.

Cross References

Psalm 78:55

And drove out nations before them, And allotted them a measured inheritance, And made the tribes of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 17:13

nations rushing like the rushing of many waters. But He shall rebuke them and they shall flee far away, and be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like whirling dust before the whirlwind.

Isaiah 17:14

At eventide, look! Alarm! Before morning, it is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.

Isaiah 34:10

that is not quenched night or day, its smoke going up forever. From generation to generation it lies waste, no one passes through it forever and ever,

Isaiah 34:11

so that the pelican and the porcupine possess it, also the owl and the raven dwell in it. And He shall stretch out over it the line of formlessness and stones of emptiness.

Jeremiah 13:25

“This is your lot, your measured portion from Me,” declares יהוה, “because you have forgotten Me, and trust in falsehood.

Acts 13:19

“And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Kena‘an, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

Acts 17:26

“And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having ordained beforehand the times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

Deuteronomy 32:9

“For the portion of יהוה  is His people, Yaʽ

Joshua 18:8

So the men rose up and went. And Yehoshua commanded those who went to describe the land, saying, “Go, walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and let me cast lots for you here before יהוה  in Shiloh.”