Cross references
Isaiah 28:4
The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
set on the summit above the fertile valley,
will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest:
Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
Isaiah 28:4 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Nahum 3:12 (5 votes) and Micah 7:1 (4 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 45 to Revelation 6.
Which verses does Isaiah 28:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Nahum 3:125 votes
All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
- Micah 7:14 votes
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
- Isaiah 28:13 votes
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
- Hosea 6:43 votes
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
- Psalm 73:19–202 votes
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Hosea 9:10–112 votes
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved. Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- Hosea 9:162 votes
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Hosea 13:12 votes
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
- Hosea 13:152 votes
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
- James 1:10–112 votes
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
- Revelation 6:132 votes
Which verses point to Isaiah 28:4?
The 10 strongest of 12.