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Isaiah 34:11 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Isaiah 34:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 34 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. cormorant: or, pelican”
Isaiah 34:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 34:11
The "cormorant and bittern" (unclean birds) inhabiting ruins symbolizes defilement and desolation. The "line of confusion" and "stones of emptiness" invert creation's ordering process (Genesis 1), applying chaos measurements instead of purposeful design. The Hebrew "tohu" (confusion) and "bohu" (emptiness) are the same terms describing pre-creation chaos. This de-creation imagery shows that God's judgment returns rebellion to primordial chaos.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 34:11
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“and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish”
“he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.”
“all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds”
“saying”
“and measured them with the line”
“I will also make it a possession for the bittern”
“and made his mountains a desolation”
“saying”
“neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there”
“that no man may come in.”