Isaiah 28:17

Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 28

“Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.”Isaiah 28:17

What Does Isaiah 28:17 Mean?

Isaiah 28:17 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 28, verse 17 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 Judgment.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Isaiah 28:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

2 Kings 21:13“And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.”Nahum 1:8“But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.”1 Corinthians 3:13“Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.”Isaiah 5:16“But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.”Isaiah 32:19“When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.”Amos 7:8“And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:”Isaiah 29:15“Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?”Ezekiel 38:22“And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.”Amos 7:7“Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.”Revelation 16:21“And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.”Psalms 83:15“So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.”Isaiah 28:2“Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.”Jeremiah 7:14“Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.”Jeremiah 19:7“And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.”Romans 2:2“But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.”Romans 2:5“But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;”Revelation 11:1“And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.”Revelation 11:19“And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.”Exodus 9:18“Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.”Deuteronomy 13:5“And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.”

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