Cross references

Isaiah 28:15

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death;

we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol.

When the overwhelming scourge passes through

it will not touch us,

because we have made lies our refuge

and falsehood

our hiding place.”

Isaiah 28:15 BSB
  1. a Or false gods

Isaiah 28:15 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 8:7–8 (5 votes) and Ecclesiastes 8:8 (4 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 27 to 2 Thessalonians 2.

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Which verses does Isaiah 28:15 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

  2. As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

  3. Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.

  4. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

  5. Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

  6. Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

  7. Hosea 2:184 votes

    On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.

  8. Amos 2:44 votes

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

  9. Job 5:233 votes

    For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

  10. For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield. …

  11. Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.

Which verses point to Isaiah 28:15?

The 10 strongest of 49.