Isaiah 5:9

Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5

“In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.”Isaiah 5:9

What Does Isaiah 5:9 Mean?

Isaiah 5:9 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 5, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Isaiah 5:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Matthew 23:38“Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.”Deuteronomy 28:30“Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.”Isaiah 22:14“And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”Jeremiah 4:7“The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.”Amos 3:15“And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.”Amos 3:7“Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”Amos 5:11“Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.”Leviticus 26:32“And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.”2 Kings 19:17“Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,”2 Chronicles 36:21“To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.”Isaiah 1:7“Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.”Isaiah 5:6“And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.”Isaiah 6:11“Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,”Isaiah 27:10“Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.”Isaiah 28:14“Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.”Isaiah 32:14“Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;”Jeremiah 2:15“The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.”Jeremiah 4:26“I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.”Jeremiah 39:8“And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.”Ezekiel 9:5“And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:”

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