Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 29

81 catchwords676 parallels

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Isaiah 29 . 1 , God’s heavy judgment upon Jerusalem; Isaiah 29 . 7 , The unsatiableness of her enemies; Isaiah 29 . 9 , The senselessness , Isaiah 29 . 13. and deep hypocrisy of the Jews; Isaiah 29 . 17 , A promise of sanctification to the godly.

Isaiah 29:1

Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

Isaiah 29:1 · BSB

woe3 parallels

etc. or , O Ariel , that is , the lion of God

the city1 parallel

or , of the city

add8 parallels

kill3 parallels

Heb. cut off the heads

Reciprocal4 parallels

am 3292 , bc 712

Isaiah 29:2

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

Isaiah 29:2 · BSB

I will12 parallels

and it shall9 parallels

Or , as Bp. Lowth renders , "and it shall be unto me as the hearth of the great altar;" that is , it shall be the seat of the fire of God , which shall issue from thence to consume his enemies. The hearth of the altar is expressly called ariel by Ezekiel

  • Ezekiel 43:15 which is put , in the former part of the #### Verse , for Jerusalem , the city in which the altar was. The subject of this and the four following chapters , says Bp. Lowth , is the invasion of Sennacherib; the great distress of the Jews while it continued; their sudden and unexpected deliverance by God's immediate and miraculous interposition on their behalf; the subsequent prosperous state of the kingdom under Hezekiah; interspersed with severe reproofs and threats of punishment for their hypocrisy , stupidity , infidelity , their want of trust in God , and their vain reliance on the assistance of Egypt; and with promises of better times , both immediately to succeed , and to be expected in the future age
  • Isaiah 34:6
  • Ezekiel 22:31
  • Ezekiel 24:3-13
  • Ezekiel 39:17
  • Zephaniah 1:7
  • Zephaniah 1:8
  • Revelation 19:17
  • Revelation 19:18

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Isaiah 29:3

I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.

Isaiah 29:3 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

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Isaiah 29:4

You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.

Isaiah 29:4 · BSB

thou shalt5 parallels

whisper1 parallel

Heb. peep , or chirp

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Isaiah 29:5

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Isaiah 29:5 · BSB

the multitude5 parallels

as chaff4 parallels

at an6 parallels

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Isaiah 29:6

you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

Isaiah 29:6 · BSB

the whole verse13 parallels

Isaiah 5 . 26-30

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Isaiah 29:7

All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

Isaiah 29:7 · BSB

the multitude11 parallels

that distress1 parallel

as a dream2 parallels

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Isaiah 29:8

as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.

Isaiah 29:8 · BSB

as when2 parallels

behold1 parallel

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Isaiah 29:9

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

Isaiah 29:9 · BSB

and wonder8 parallels

cry ye out , and cry4 parallels

or , take your pleasure and riot

they are11 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

Isaiah 29:10

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

Isaiah 29:10 · BSB

the Lord9 parallels

hath closed4 parallels

rulers3 parallels

Heb. heads

the seers5 parallels

Reciprocal32 parallels

Isaiah 29:11

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

Isaiah 29:11 · BSB

that is sealed1 parallel

I cannot7 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

book or , letter

Isaiah 29:12

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

Isaiah 29:12 · BSB

I am not7 parallels

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Isaiah 29:13

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Isaiah 29:13 · BSB

Forasmuch13 parallels

their fear6 parallels

Reciprocal38 parallels

Isaiah 29:14

Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

Isaiah 29:14 · BSB

I will4 parallels

for the wisdom18 parallels

Reciprocal19 parallels

proceed Heb. add

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

Isaiah 29:15 · BSB

seek16 parallels

and their works6 parallels

Who seeth5 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

Isaiah 29:16

You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

Isaiah 29:16 · BSB

your turning2 parallels

as the potter's5 parallels

or shall3 parallels

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Isaiah 29:17

In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

Isaiah 29:17 · BSB

yet a very4 parallels

Lebanon13 parallels

the fruitful10 parallels

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Isaiah 29:18

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Isaiah 29:18 · BSB

the deaf23 parallels

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Isaiah 29:19

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:19 · BSB

meek15 parallels

the poor12 parallels

rejoice5 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

increase Heb. add

Isaiah 29:20

For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

Isaiah 29:20 · BSB

the terrible10 parallels

the scorner4 parallels

and all8 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Isaiah 29:21

those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 29:21 · BSB

make4 parallels

and lay7 parallels

and turn8 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

Isaiah 29:22

Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.

Isaiah 29:22 · BSB

who redeemed15 parallels

Jacob shall19 parallels

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Isaiah 29:23

For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 29:23 · BSB

the work5 parallels

sanctify5 parallels

fear the God3 parallels

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Isaiah 29:24

Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”

Isaiah 29:24 · BSB

also15 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

come to understanding Heb. know understanding

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web14 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Matthew 15:8-9 → Isaiah 29:13, Mark 7:6-7 → Isaiah 29:13, 1 Corinthians 1:19 → Isaiah 29:14, Colossians 2:22 → Isaiah 29:13
Allusions Romans 9:20-21 → Isaiah 29:16, Colossians 2:8 → Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 29:9-10 → Isaiah 6:9-10
Echoes Isaiah 29:1 → 2 Samuel 5:6, Isaiah 29:3 → 2 Samuel 5:6
Trajectories
New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City), Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross, Messianic Healing Signs (Blind, Lame, Deaf, and Mute Restored)
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 29:1–14, Isaiah 29:15–24
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