Isaiah 38:14
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 38
“Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.”Isaiah 38:14
What Does Isaiah 38:14 Mean?
Isaiah 38:14 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 38, verse 14 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 Lament.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 38:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 5:4“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”Psalms 55:2“Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;”Isaiah 59:11“We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.”Psalms 69:3“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”Job 30:29“I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.”Psalms 119:122“Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.”Psalms 123:1“Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.”Ezekiel 7:16“But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.”Nahum 2:7“And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.”Job 17:3“Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?”Psalms 102:4“My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.”Psalms 119:82“Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?”Psalms 143:7“Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”Lamentations 4:17“As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.”Psalms 102:6“I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.”2 Kings 20:3“I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.”Job 31:16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”Jeremiah 20:12“But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.”Lamentations 5:17“For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.”Leviticus 14:22“And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.”
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