Cross references

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers,

and their queens your nursing mothers.

They will bow to you facedown

and lick the dust at your feet.

Then you will know that I am the LORD;

those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Isaiah 49:23 BSB

Isaiah 49:23 has 32 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 32 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 60:14 (38 votes) and Isaiah 60:16 (38 votes). 81 other verses point back to it. It links with 29 other books, from Genesis 17 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Isaiah 49:23 point to?

The 20 strongest of 32, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 60:1438 votes

    The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

  2. Isaiah 60:1638 votes

    You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

  3. Isaiah 60:337 votes

    Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

  4. Micah 7:1736 votes

    They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

  5. Isaiah 45:1434 votes

    This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

  6. Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy. Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

  7. Romans 10:1132 votes

    It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

  8. Psalm 25:328 votes

    Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

  9. Isaiah 64:424 votes

    From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

  10. Isaiah 49:723 votes

    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

  11. Psalm 34:2222 votes
  12. Isaiah 25:922 votes
  13. Isaiah 62:217 votes
  14. 1 Peter 2:617 votes
  15. Romans 9:3316 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 49:23?

The 10 strongest of 81.