Isaiah 22:1

An oracle against Jerusalem, the 'valley of vision,' rebukes its misplaced reveling. It matters because God's own city is now under judgment for failing to trust him.

Cross-references · 20

• Jer 21:13Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or “Who would enter into our homes?”
• Ps 125:2As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.
• Isa 15:3In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.
• Joel 3:12“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
• Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
• Isa 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
• Judg 18:23As they cried to the children of Dan, they turned their faces, and said to Micah, “What ails you, that you come with such a company?”
• Jer 48:38On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one delights,” says Yahweh.
• Prov 29:18Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
• Ps 114:5What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
• 1 Sam 11:5Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
• 1 Sam 3:1The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days. There visions were not frequent.
• Ps 147:19–20He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
• Mic 3:6“Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
• Deut 22:8When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.
• Rom 3:2Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
• Gen 21:17God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
• Rom 9:4–5who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
• 2 Sam 14:5The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
• 2 Kgs 6:28The king said to her, “What is your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’

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