Isaiah 8:4
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.”Isaiah 8:4
What Does Isaiah 8:4 Mean?
Isaiah 8:4 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 8, 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.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 8:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Amos 1:3“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:”Isaiah 7:16“For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.”Isaiah 17:3“The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.”Romans 9:11“(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)”Deuteronomy 1:39“Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.”2 Kings 16:9“And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.”2 Kings 17:3“Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.”2 Kings 17:5“Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.”Isaiah 7:8“For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.”Isaiah 7:15“Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.”Isaiah 10:6“I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.”Jonah 4:11“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?”2 Kings 15:29“In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.”2 Kings 18:11“And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:”Isaiah 7:4“And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.”Isaiah 9:8“The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.”Isaiah 9:11“Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;”Isaiah 10:5“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.”Isaiah 17:1“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.”Isaiah 28:1“Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!”
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