Isaiah 4:4 Cross References
Isaiah 4:4
4: The Lord will wash the moral filth from the women of Jerusalem. He will cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains by a spirit of judgment that burns like fire.
Malachi 3:2
- "But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes.
- He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.
Ezekiel 36:25
- "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.
Ezekiel 22:18
- "Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over--a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.
- So give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.
- I will melt you down in the heat of my fury, just as copper, tin, iron, and lead are melted down in a furnace.
- I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,
- and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you."
Zechariah 13:9
- I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure, just as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, `These are my people,' and they will say, `The LORD is our God.'"
Matthew 23:37
- "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me.
Isaiah 26:20
- Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide until the LORD's anger against your enemies has passed.
- Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been murdered. They will be brought out for all to see.
Zephaniah 3:1
- How terrible it will be for rebellious, polluted Jerusalem, the city of violence and crime.
Lamentations 1:9
- She defiled herself with immorality with no thought of the punishment that would follow. Now she lies in the gutter with no one to lift her out. "LORD, see my deep misery," she cries. "The enemy has triumphed."
Isaiah 28:6
- He will give a longing for justice to their judges. He will give great courage to their warriors who stand at the gates.
Isaiah 1:15
- From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.
Zechariah 3:3
- Jeshua's clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel.
- So the angel said to the others standing there, "Take off his filthy clothes." And turning to Jeshua he said, "See, I have taken away your sins, and now I am giving you these fine new clothes."
Ezekiel 16:6
- "But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, `Live!'
- And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your hair grew, though you were still naked.
- And when I passed by and saw you again, you were old enough to be married. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.
- "Then I bathed you and washed off your blood, and I rubbed fragrant oils into your skin.
Isaiah 9:5
- In that day of peace, battle gear will no longer be issued. Never again will uniforms be bloodstained by war. All such equipment will be burned.
Joel 3:21
- I will pardon my people's crimes, which I have not yet pardoned; and I, the LORD, will make my home in Jerusalem with my people."
Isaiah 3:16
- Next the LORD will judge the women of Jerusalem, who walk around with their noses in the air, with tinkling ornaments on their ankles. Their eyes rove among the crowds, flirting with the men.
- The Lord will send a plague of scabs to ornament their heads. Yes, the LORD will make them bald for all to see!
- The Lord will strip away their artful beauty--their ornaments, headbands, and crescent necklaces;
- their earrings, bracelets, and veils of shimmering gauze.
- Gone will be their scarves, ankle chains, sashes, perfumes, and charms;
Ezekiel 36:29
- I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops, and I will abolish famine in the land.
Zechariah 13:1
- "On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and defilement.
Ezekiel 22:15
- I will scatter you among the nations and purge you of your wickedness.
John 16:8
- And when he comes, he will convince the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
- The world's sin is unbelief in me.
- Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more.
- Judgment will come because the prince of this world has already been judged.
Isaiah 1:31
- The strongest among you will disappear like burning straw. Your evil deeds are the spark that will set the straw on fire, and no one will be able to put it out.
Matthew 3:11
- "I baptize with water those who turn from their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is far greater than I am--so much greater that I am not even worthy to be his slave. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- He is ready to separate the chaff from the grain with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, storing the grain in his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."
Malachi 4:1
- The LORD Almighty says, "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw on that day. They will be consumed like a tree--roots and all.
Ezekiel 24:7
- for her wickedness is evident to all. She murders boldly, leaving blood on the rocks for all to see. She doesn't even try to cover it!
- So I will splash her blood on a rock as an open expression of my anger and vengeance against her.
- "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Destruction is certain for Jerusalem, the city of murderers! I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.
- Yes, heap on the wood! Let the fire roar to make the pot boil. Cook the meat well with many spices. Then empty the pot and burn the bones.
- Now set the empty pot on the coals to scorch away the filth and corruption.