Self-interpreting Bible

1 WOE to ^athee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! ^bwhen thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• a: Is. 5:26 - 30 , Is. 10:5 , Is. 10:6 , 2Ch. 28:16 , 2Ch. 28:20 , 2Ch. 28:21 , 2Ki. 18:13 - 17 , Je. 25:9 - 26 , Da. 8:13 , Da. 8:24 , Da. 8:25 , Da. 11:21 - 29 , Revelation 6 , Revelation 12 , Revelation 13 , Revelation 20
• b: Is. 21:2 , Is. 37:36 - 38 , Nahum 1 - 3 , Je. 25:12 , Je. 25:14 , Hab. 2:8 , Zec. 12:3 , Re. 13:10 , Re. 16:6 , Mat. 7:2 , Ju. 1:7 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Zec. 9:1 , Revelation 6 , Revelation 8 , Revelation 13 , Revelation 16 , Revelation 18

2 O LORD, ^cbe gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: ^dbe thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

• c: Is. 8:17 , Is. 25:9 , Is. 26:8 , Is. 30:18 , Is. 30:19 , Ps. 90:14 , Ps. 6:2 , Ps. 57:1 , Ho. 14:2
• d: Is. 25:4 , Is. 30:30 , Is. 51:9 , Is. 12:2 , Ps. 46:1 , Ps. 46:5 , Ps. 22:4 , Ps. 22:5 , Ps. 90:14 , Ps. 143:8 , Ps. 118:14 , Ps. 118:21 , Psalms 74 , Psalms 79 , Psalms 80 , Psalms 83 , Psalms 94 , Psalms 123 , Ex. 14:27

3 ^eAt the noise of the tumult the people fled; ^fat the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

• e: Is. 9:4 , Is. 9:5 , Is. 17:12 - 14 , Is. 37:36 , Is. 37:37 , Zec. 9:13 , Zec. 9:14 , Zec. 14:13 , Re. 6:14 - 17 , Re. 8:5 , Re. 11:15 - 19 , Re. 19:15 - 21 , Re. 20:9 , Is. 33:10 - 12
• f: Ps. 68:1

4 And ^gyour spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

• g: Is. 33:23 , 2Ch. 20:25 , 2Ki. 7:15 , 2Ki. 7:16 , Ps. 68:12

5 ^hThe LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath ⁱfilled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

• h: Is. 33:10 , Is. 2:11 , Is. 2:17 , Is. 12:4 , Is. 57:15 , Is. 66:1 , Ps. 97:9 , Ps. 118:16 , Ps. 2:4 , Ps. 2:5 , Ps. 11:4 - 6 , Ps. 93:4 , Ps. 115:3
• i: Ro. 3:26 , Is. 31:9 , Is. 1:27 , Ps. 48:10 , Ps. 48:11 , Ps. 94:2 , Ps. 94:15 , Is. 32:16 - 18 , Is. 24:21 , Da. 11:35 , Da. 12:10 , Zec. 13:9

6 And ^jwisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of ¹salvation: ^kthe fear of the LORD is his treasure.

• j: 2Ch. 32:27 - 29 , Jn. 17:3 , Mat. 6:33 , 1Ti. 4:8 , 1Ti. 6:6 , Ec. 7:12 , 2Ch. 20:20 , Is. 7:9
• 1: Heb. salvations.
• k: Pr. 14:27 , Pr. 9:10 , Pr. 8:18 , Pr. 24:3 , Da. 12:3 , Ro. 2:7 , Ro. 2:10

7 Behold, their ²valiant ones shall cry without: ^lthe ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

• 2: Or, messengers. ch. 36.3,22; 37.12. , Is. 36:3 , Is. 36:22 , Is. 37:12
• l: 2Ki. 18:37

8 ^mThe highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

• m: Ju. 5:6 , Is. 32:13 , Is. 32:14 , Is. 10:6 , Is. 10:7 , Is. 10:22 , Is. 10:28 - 32 , 2Ki. 18:14 - 17 , Is. 36:1 , Is. 36:12 , Is. 36:14 , Da. 8:24 , Da. 11:28 , Da. 11:30 , Da. 11:31 , Da. 11:33 , Lu. 18:2

9 ⁿThe earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and ^3*hewn down: ^oSharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

• n: Is. 1:6 - 8 , Is. 2:12 - 16 , Is. 5:30 , Is. 7:17 - 25 , Is. 8:7 , Is. 8:8 , Is. 8:21 , Is. 8:22 , Is. 14:8 , Is. 37:24 , Is. 24:1 - 12 , Is. 27:9 - 11 , Is. 32:10 - 14 , Da. 11:33 , Da. 9:27 , Ro. 8:20
• 3: Or, withered away.
• *: hewn-cut.
• o: Is. 35:2

10 Now ^pwill I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

• p: Ps. 46:10 , Ps. 12:5 , Ps. 44:4 , Ps. 44:23 , Ps. 44:26 , Ps. 94:1 , Ps. 94:2 , Ps. 7:6 , Ps. 102:13 , Ps. 78:65 , De. 32:36 , Is. 59:16 , Is. 30:17 , Is. 30:18 , Is. 2:11 , Is. 5:16 , Is. 26:11 , Zep. 3:8

11 Ye ^qshall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

• q: Ps. 2:1 - 5 , Ps. 7:11 - 16 , Ps. 1:4 , Ps. 9:15 , Ps. 9:16 , Ps. 83:1 - 18 , Is. 5:23 - 30 , Is. 10:7 - 19 , Is. 17:12 - 14 , Is. 29:5 - 8 , Is. 30:27 - 33 , Is. 9:4 , Is. 9:5 , Is. 31:8 , Is. 31:9 , Is. 14:25 , Is. 37:23 - 36 , Is. 26:18 , Is. 66:10 , Is. 59:18

12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: ^ras thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

• r: Is. 9:18

13 ¶Hear, ^sye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

• s: Is. 18:3 , Is. 49:1 , Is. 29:9 , Ps. 49:1 , Ps. 49:2 , Nu. 14:21 , Mi. 6:9

14 ^tThe sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised ^uthe hypocrites. ^vWho among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

• t: Mat. 22:12 , Is. 28:14 , Is. 28:15 , Is. 28:17 , Is. 28:18 , Is. 29:13 , Is. 29:14 , Is. 5:8 - 23 , Is. 24:5 , Is. 1:28 , Is. 10:6 , Is. 32:6 , Am. 9:10 , Je. 23:15 , Job 15:24 , Job 18:11
• u: Is. 9:17
• v: Ps. 76:7 , Ps. 90:11 , Na. 1:2 - 6 , De. 4:24 , He. 12:29 , 2Th. 1:8 , 2Th. 1:9 , Mat. 25:41 , Mat. 25:46 , Mar. 9:44 , Mar. 9:46 , Re. 14:10 , Re. 14:11 , Re. 20:10 , Re. 20:15 , Re. 21:8

15 He that ^wwalketh ⁴righteously, and speaketh ⁵uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of ⁶oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of ⁷blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

• w: Col. 2:6 , Is. 56:1 , Is. 56:2 , Tit. 2:11 , Tit. 2:12 , Ro. 2:13 , Ps. 15:2 - 5 , Ps. 26:11 , Ps. 24:4 , Ps. 106:3 , Ps. 19:11 , Ps. 119:37 , Mi. 2:7 , 1Jn. 2:29 , Ro. 6:18 , Le. 19:13 , Ps. 101:2 - 8 , Job 31:1 , Mat. 5:28 , Eze. 18:5 - 9
• 4: Heb. in righteousnesses.
• 5: Heb. uprightnesses.
• 6: Or, deceits.
• 7: Heb. bloods.

16 ^xHe shall dwell on ⁸high: his place of defence shall be the ^*munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; ^yhis waters shall be sure.

• x: Ps. 91:1 - 9 , Ps. 90:1 , 1Jn. 4:16 , Lu. 16:9 , Jn. 14:2 , Jn. 14:3 , He. 11:10 , Pr. 18:10 , 1Ti. 4:8 , 1Ti. 6:6 , Mat. 6:33 , 1Co. 3:22 , 2Pe. 1:3 , Ro. 8:24 , Is. 15:2
• 8: Heb. heights or high places. Ps. 18.33. , Ps. 18:33
• *: munitions-fortresses, strongholds.
• y: 2Ch. 32:30

17 Thine eyes shall ^zsee the king in his beauty: they shall behold ⁹the land that is very far off.

• z: Is. 37:1 , 2Ch. 32:23 , Is. 33:22 , Zec. 14:9 , Zec. 14:16 , Ca. 3:11 , Ca. 5:10 - 16 , 1Jn. 3:2 , Is. 6:5
• 9: Heb. the land of far distances. Ps. 31.8; 119.45. ch. 11.14; 26.15. Ob. 17-20. Zep. 2.9. He. 11.16. , Ps. 31:8 , Ps. 119:45 , Is. 11:14 , Is. 26:15 , Ob. vs. 17 - 20 , Zep. 2:9 , He. 11:16

18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. ^aWhere is the scribe? where is the ¹⁰receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

• a: 1Co. 1:20 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 17:12 - 14 , Is. 37:36
• 10: Heb. weigher.

19 ^bThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people ^cof a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a ¹¹stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

• b: Is. 9:4 , Is. 9:5 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 17:12 - 14 , Is. 29:5 - 8 , Is. 30:27 - 33 , Is. 33:10 - 12 , Is. 37:36 , Is. 37:37 , Ex. 14:13 , 2Ki. 19:32
• c: Is. 28:11 , Is. 36:11 , 2Ki. 18:26 , Eze. 3:5 , Eze. 3:6 , De. 28:49 , Je. 5:15 , Da. 8:23 , Is. 19:18 , Zep. 3:9
• 11: Or, ridiculous.

20 ^dLook upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a ^*tabernacle that shall not be taken down; ^enot one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

• d: Ps. 48:12 , Ps. 48:13 , Is. 5:26 - 30 , Is. 10:7 - 15 , Ps. 46:1 - 11 , Ps. 125:1 , Ps. 125:2 , Ps. 78:69 , Ps. 122:1 - 4 , Zec. 2:4 - 12 , Zec. 8:3 , Mat. 16:18 , Is. 54:2 , Is. 54:3 , Jn. 10:1 - 18 , Jn. 10:28 , Re. 3:12
• *: tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
• e: Is. 37:33

21 But ^fthere the glorious LORD will be unto us a place ¹²of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

• f: Zec. 2:5 , Ps. 46:4 , Ps. 46:5 , Ps. 91:1 - 10 , Ps. 125:1 , Ps. 125:2
• 12: Heb. broad of spaces or hands.

22 For the LORD is our ^gjudge, the LORD is ^hour ¹³lawgiver, the LORD is ⁱour king; he will save us.

• g: Ju. 2:16 , Ps. 7:6 , Ps. 7:8 , Ps. 7:11 , Ps. 9:4 , Ps. 26:1 , Ps. 75:7 , Ps. 94:2
• h: Ja. 4:12 , Ps. 147:19 , Ps. 147:20 , De. 33:2 , Ne. 9:14 , Mat. 23:8 , Mat. 23:10
• 13: Heb. statute-maker.
• i: Ps. 44:4 , Ps. 74:12 , Ps. 89:18 , Ps. 2:6 , Ps. 72:12 - 14 , Ps. 22:27 - 30 , Is. 9:6 , Is. 9:7 , Zec. 9:9 , Zec. 9:10 , Is. 25:9

23 ¹⁴Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then ^jis the ^*prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

• 14: Or, They have forsaken thy tacklings. 2Ch. 32.21. v.21. Ps. 48.7. ch. 37.36. v.1,3. , 2Ch. 32:21 , Is. 33:21 , Ps. 48:7 , Is. 37:36 , Is. 33:1 , Is. 33:3
• j: Is. 33:1 , Is. 33:4 , 2Ch. 20:25 , 2Ki. 7:15 , 2Ki. 7:16 , Zep. 2:9 , Is. 11:14 , Is. 11:15 , Ps. 68:12 , Re. 19:18 , 1Co. 1:27
• *: prey-spoil, plunder.

24 ^kAnd the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

• k: Is. 24:23 , Re. 22:2 , Re. 21:4 , Je. 50:20 , Is. 44:22 , Mi. 7:18 , Mi. 7:19 , 1Jn. 1:7 , 1Jn. 1:9 , Ps. 103:3 , Is. 38:1 - 8 , Is. 40:1 , Is. 40:2 , Is. 51:3 , Is. 61:1 , Is. 61:2 , Ac. 9:31 , Ac. 2:46