Cross references

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say in your heart,

‘Who has begotten these for me?

I was bereaved and barren;

I was exiled and rejected.

So who has reared them?

Look, I was left all alone,

so where did they come from?’”

Isaiah 49:21 BSB

Isaiah 49:21 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 1:8 (2 votes) and Isaiah 3:26 (2 votes). 43 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 21 to Revelation 12.

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Which verses does Isaiah 49:21 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 1:82 votes

    And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.

  2. And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

  3. Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

  4. Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger. Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand. …

  5. Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

  6. For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities. Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. …

  7. Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

  8. No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

  9. Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.

  10. This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy. …

  11. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.” …

Which verses point to Isaiah 49:21?

The 10 strongest of 43.