Cross references
Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
He will make her wilderness like Eden
and her desert like the garden of the LORD.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.
Isaiah 51:3 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 49:13 (11 votes) and Isaiah 52:9 (8 votes). 39 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 2 to Revelation 19.
Which verses does Isaiah 51:3 point to?
The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 49:1311 votes
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
- Isaiah 52:98 votes
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
- Joel 2:38 votes
Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.
- Genesis 13:104 votes
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Jeremiah 31:12–144 votes
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. …
- Jeremiah 31:254 votes
for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
- Jeremiah 33:11–134 votes
the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD. This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks. …
- Zephaniah 3:14–204 votes
Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm. …
- 1 Peter 1:84 votes
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- Isaiah 35:7–103 votes
The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it. …
- Isaiah 40:1–23 votes
- Isaiah 41:18–193 votes
- Ezekiel 31:8–103 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:3–43 votes
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
- Genesis 2:8–92 votes
- Psalm 85:82 votes
- Psalm 102:13–142 votes
- Isaiah 12:12 votes
- Isaiah 25:92 votes
- Isaiah 35:1–22 votes
Which verses point to Isaiah 51:3?
The 10 strongest of 39.