Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 3:26 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Isaiah 3:26 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 3 verse 26 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed”
Isaiah 3:26 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 3:26
The imagery of gates lamenting and mourning while Jerusalem sits desolate 'upon the ground' depicts total devastation. City gates, centers of commerce and justice (Ruth 4:1), become sites of grief rather than prosperity. The personified city 'being desolate shall sit upon the ground' echoes Lamentations' depiction of Jerusalem's post-exile mourning (Lamentations 1:1). This concludes chapter 3's judgment oracle: from pride to prostration, from glory to grief.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 3:26
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“they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.”
“and the gates of it languish”
“because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate”
“and none spoke a word to him”
“and lay aside their robes”
“and he sat among the ashes.”
“because you didn't know the time of your visitation.,And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.,,,,,,,,”
“and sit in the dust”