Isaiah 1:4
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.”Isaiah 1:4
What Does Isaiah 1:4 Mean?
Isaiah 1:4 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 1, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Exile & Belonging, Sin, Repentance, and Election.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 1:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 11:28“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”Zephaniah 1:6“And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.”Deuteronomy 32:5“They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.”Isaiah 5:24“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.”Jeremiah 2:17“Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?”Daniel 9:11“Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.”Jeremiah 2:13“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”Ezekiel 14:5“That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.”Deuteronomy 31:29“For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.”Jeremiah 15:6“Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.”Jeremiah 32:32“Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”Ezekiel 16:45“Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.”Romans 8:7“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”2 Timothy 3:6“For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,”Psalms 14:1“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”Psalms 89:18“For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.”Isaiah 5:19“That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!”Isaiah 14:20“Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.”Isaiah 30:9“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:”
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