Isaiah 28:20 Cross References

Isaiah 28:20

20: For you have no place of refuge--the bed you have made is too short to lie on. The blankets are too narrow to cover you.

Romans 9:30

  1. Well then, what shall we say about these things? Just this: The Gentiles have been made right with God by faith, even though they were not seeking him.
  2. But the Jews, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded.
  3. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

Isaiah 66:3

  1. But those who choose their own ways, delighting in their sins, are cursed. Their offerings will not be accepted. When such people sacrifice an ox, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice. When they sacrifice a lamb or bring an offering of grain, it is as bad as putting a dog or the blood of a pig on the altar! When they burn incense, it is as if they had blessed an idol.
  2. I will send great troubles against them--all the things they feared. For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen. They deliberately sinned--before my very eyes--and chose to do what they know I despise."
  3. Hear this message from the LORD, and tremble at his words: "Your close relatives hate you and throw you out for being loyal to my name. `Let the LORD be honored!' they scoff. `Be joyful in him!' But they will be put to shame.
  4. What is all the commotion in the city? What is that terrible noise from the Temple? It is the voice of the LORD taking vengeance against his enemies.

Isaiah 59:5

  1. They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions.
  2. They cheat and shortchange everyone. Nothing they do is productive; all their activity is filled with sin. Violence is their trademark.

Isaiah 57:12

  1. "Now I will expose your so-called good deeds that you consider so righteous. None of them will benefit or save you.
  2. Let's see if your idols can do anything for you when you cry to them for help. They are so helpless that a breath of wind can knock them down! But whoever trusts in me will possess the land and inherit my holy mountain.

1 Corinthians 1:18

  1. I know very well how foolish the message of the cross sounds to those who are on the road to destruction. But we who are being saved recognize this message as the very power of God.
  2. As the Scriptures say, "I will destroy human wisdom and discard their most brilliant ideas."
  3. So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world's brilliant debaters? God has made them all look foolish and has shown their wisdom to be useless nonsense.
  4. Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never find him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save all who believe.
  5. God's way seems foolish to the Jews because they want a sign from heaven to prove it is true. And it is foolish to the Greeks because they believe only what agrees with their own wisdom.

Isaiah 64:6

  1. We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep us away.

Jeremiah 7:8

  1. " `Do you think that because the Temple is here you will never suffer? Don't fool yourselves!
  2. Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and worship Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
  3. and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, "We are safe!"--only to go right back to all those evils again?
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