Cross references

Isaiah 16:8

For the fields of Heshbon have withered,

along with the grapevines of Sibmah.

The rulers of the nations

have trampled its choicest vines,

which had reached as far as Jazer

and spread toward the desert.

Their shoots had spread out

and passed over the sea.

Isaiah 16:8 BSB
  1. a Or and had gone as far as the sea; that is, probably the Dead Sea

Isaiah 16:8 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 32:38 (3 votes) and Isaiah 15:4 (3 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Genesis 21 to Jeremiah 48.

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Which verses does Isaiah 16:8 point to?

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  1. as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

  2. Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

  3. “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

  4. Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,

  5. The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;

  6. O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

  7. But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

  8. So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

  9. The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

  10. So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him. All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

  11. I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer fruit and grape harvest.

Which verses point to Isaiah 16:8?

The 10 strongest of 17.