Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 28:4 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Isaiah 28:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 28 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. eateth: Heb. swalloweth”
Isaiah 28:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 28:4
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. Continuing the flower imagery from verse 1, Isaiah adds a second metaphor: the hasty fruit before the summer (bikkurah beterem qayits, בִּכּוּרָה בְּטֶרֶם קָיִץ, first-ripe fig before summer harvest). Early figs appearing before the main harvest were prized delicacies, eagerly devoured immediately upon discovery. The phrase which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 28:4
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“they fall into the mouth of the eater.”
“I am like one who gathers the summer fruits”
“and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty”
“an east wind will come”
“like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.”
“there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel”
“yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.,Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb., הֻכָּה אֶפְרַיִם שָׁרְשָׁם יָבֵשׁ פְּרִי *בלי־**בַל־יַעֲשׂוּן גַּם כִּי יֵלֵדוּן וְהֵמַתִּי מַחֲמַדֵּי בִטְנָם׃ ס ,Ephraim is smitten, Their root is dried up, They shall bear no fruit; Yea, though they bring forth, Yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.,ἐπόνεσεν εφραιμ τὰς ῥίζας αὐτοῦ ἐξηράνθη καρπὸν οὐκέτι μὴ ἐνέγκῃ διότι καὶ ἐὰν γεννήσωσιν ἀποκτενῶ τὰ ἐπιθυμήματα κοιλίας αὐτῶν,Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget children, I will kill the desired fruit of their womb.,,,,”
“and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing”
“How are they brought into desolation”