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Isaiah 21:3 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Isaiah 21:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 21 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.”
Isaiah 21:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 21:3
'Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.' Isaiah's physical response to the vision: loins filled with pain, labor-like pangs, bowed down, dismayed. True prophets weren't emotionally detached but deeply affected by visions of judgment. The birthing imagery suggests something new emerging through pain—Babylon's fall would birth a new order (Persian Empire, Jewish return). Yet the process is agonizing. This demonstrates that announcing judgment isn't ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 21:3
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“And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.”
“pain”
“who draws near the time of her delivery”
“that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?”
“and the strongholds are seized”
“and my inward parts for Kir Heres.”
“Peace and safety, then sudden destruction will come on them”
“and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones”
“and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him”
“and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.”