Self-interpreting Bible

1 ^aSING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not ^*travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

• a: Zep. 3:14 , Ga. 4:27 , Ga. 4:26 , Ga. 4:29 , Ga. 4:19 , Is. 49:13 , Is. 49:21 , Is. 44:23 , Is. 51:1 , Is. 51:9 , Is. 66:8 , Is. 62:4 , Ca. 8:8 , Ro. 15:9 - 12 , Is. 43:5 , Is. 43:6 , Is. 49:12 , Is. 60:3 , Is. 60:11 , 1Sa. 2:5 , Jn. 12:24 , Jn. 16:21 , He. 12:22 , Re. 7:9 , Re. 11:15 , Da. 2:44
• *: travail with child-labour in childbirth.

2 ^bEnlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

• b: Re. 21:3 , Is. 49:19 , Is. 49:20 , Is. 33:20

3 For ^cthou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

• c: Is. 43:5 , Is. 43:6 , Is. 49:12 , Ge. 49:10 , Ge. 28:14 , Ps. 2:8 , Ps. 22:27 - 31 , Ps. 47:2 , Ps. 47:3 , Ps. 72:8 - 11 , Ps. 72:17 , Ps. 72:19 , Is. 2:2 - 4 , Is. 11:9 - 12 , Is. 24:14 - 16 , Is. 35:1 , Is. 35:2 , Is. 42:1 - 12 , Is. 55:5 , Is. 45:22 , Is. 49:8 - 12 , Is. 60:2 - 12 , Is. 61:9 , Ac. 1:8 , Ro. 10:18 , Ro. 10:19 , Col. 1:6 , Col. 1:23 , Re. 7:9 , Re. 11:15

4 ^dFear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

• d: Is. 28:16 , Is. 60:15 , Is. 61:7 , Is. 62:4 , Je. 3:24 , Je. 3:25 , Ho. 2:4

5 For ^ethy Maker is thine husband; ^fthe LORD of hosts is his name; and ^gthy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; ^hThe God of the whole earth shall he be called.

• e: Is. 43:1 , Is. 43:21 , Ho. 2:19 , Ho. 2:20 , Je. 3:14 , Ep. 5:25 , Ep. 5:32 , Zec. 14:9 , Re. 19:7 , Re. 21:9 , Jn. 3:29 , Mat. 9:15
• f: Lu. 1:32
• g: Is. 43:14
• h: Is. 6:3 , Ps. 8:1 , Ps. 48:10 , Ob. vs. 21 , Da. 2:44 , Ro. 3:29 , Ro. 3:30

6 For ⁱthe LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and ^ja wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

• i: Ho. 11:1 , Je. 2:2 , Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:14 , Eze. 16:8 , Ac. 17:30 , Ac. 26:17 , Ac. 26:18 , Is. 65:1 , Is. 65:2 , 1Co. 6:9 - 11 , Tit. 3:3 - 7 , Mat. 22:9 , Mat. 22:10 , 1Co. 1:9 , 1Pe. 2:9 , 2Ti. 1:9 , Is. 62:3 , Is. 62:4 , Eze. 16:4 - 14
• j: Mal. 2:14 , Mal. 2:15

7 For ^ka small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I ^lgather thee.

• k: 2Pe. 3:8 , Ps. 30:5 , Is. 26:20 , 2Co. 4:17 , Is. 51:17 - 21 , Da. 9:2 , Da. 8:19 , Da. 11:28 - 35 , Re. 6:4 - 11 , Revelation 12 , Re. 11:2 , Re. 13:5 , Re. 20:3 , Re. 2:10
• l: Is. 11:12 , Is. 27:12 , Is. 43:6 , Is. 56:8 , Is. 60:4 , Is. 66:18 , Ep. 1:10 , Ge. 49:10 , Jn. 10:16

8 In ^ma little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but ⁿwith everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

• m: Ps. 6:1 , Ps. 38:1 , Is. 8:17 , Is. 27:8 , Is. 57:17 , Is. 47:6 , Zec. 1:15 , Hab. 3:2 , De. 32:20 , De. 31:17 , De. 31:18
• n: Jn. 13:1 , Je. 31:3 , Je. 32:39 , Je. 32:40 , Ho. 2:19 , Ho. 2:20 , Lu. 1:71 - 79 , Ps. 103:17 , 2Th. 2:16 , Is. 12:1 - 3 , Is. 55:3 , Ro. 8:28 - 39 , 1Co. 11:32 , Is. 60:19 , Is. 60:20

9 For ^othis is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be ^*wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

• o: Ge. 9:11 , Ge. 8:21 , Je. 31:3 , Je. 31:35 , Je. 31:36 , Je. 50:20 , Mat. 16:18 , He. 6:16 - 18 , Ps. 105:10 , Ps. 132:11 , Ps. 89:3 , Ps. 89:4 , Mal. 3:6 , Ho. 2:19 , Ho. 2:20 , Ho. 11:8 , Is. 49:15 , Is. 55:11 , Is. 45:23 , 2Sa. 23:5 , Is. 43:2 , Ps. 32:6 , Ps. 46:3 , Ps. 46:4 , Ps. 124:1 , Ps. 124:4 , Ps. 124:5 , Re. 3:10
• *: wroth-angry.

10 For ^pthe mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, ^qneither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that ^rhath mercy on thee.

• p: Ps. 46:2 , Mat. 5:18 , Is. 51:6 , Is. 51:8 , Is. 59:21 , Is. 54:8 , Is. 54:9 , Je. 31:3 , Ps. 103:17 , Ho. 2:19 , Ho. 2:20 , Je. 32:40 , Je. 32:41 , Ge. 17:7 , Ro. 11:29 , Mat. 28:20 , Jn. 16:33 , Ps. 65:6 , Ps. 65:7 , Ps. 125:1 , Eze. 34:25 , Eze. 37:26 , Eze. 37:27 , He. 6:18 , Mal. 2:5
• q: 2Sa. 23:5
• r: Ep. 2:4 , Ep. 2:5 , Tit. 3:5 , 1Ti. 1:13 , 1Ti. 1:16

11 ¶^sO thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, ^tI will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

• s: Ex. 2:23 , De. 31:17 , Ju. 2:15 , Ju. 10:17 , Ps. 106:40 , Ps. 106:43 , Jn. 16:33 , Ac. 14:22 , 2Ti. 3:12 , Revelation 6 , Revelation 12 , Revelation 13 , Is. 54:7 , Is. 54:8
• t: Ezra 3 - 6 , Nehemiah 3 , Ezekiel 40 - 42 , Is. 49:16 , Is. 60:10 , Ps. 51:18 , Ps. 69:35 , Ps. 102:16 , Ex. 24:10 , Eze. 1:26 , Col. 2:19 , Col. 3:1 , Col. 3:2 , 2Pe. 1:5 - 8 , Ga. 5:22 , Ga. 5:23 , Is. 52:1 , Ep. 5:27 , 1Pe. 2:5 , Ep. 2:20 - 22 , Re. 21:14 , Re. 21:18 - 21 , Re. 7:9 - 17

12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

13 And ^uall thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and ^vgreat shall be the peace of thy children.

• u: Is. 11:9 , Is. 29:18 , Jn. 6:45 , Je. 31:34 , 1Co. 2:10 , 1Co. 2:16 , 1Th. 4:9 , 1Jn. 2:20 , 1Jn. 2:27 , 2Co. 3:16 , Mat. 23:8
• v: Ps. 119:165 , Is. 48:18 , Is. 9:7 , Is. 32:17 , Is. 53:5 , Is. 26:3 , Ro. 5:1 , Ro. 14:17 , Phi. 4:7 , Jn. 14:26 , Jn. 14:27 , Jn. 16:33

14 ^wIn righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for ^xthou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

• w: Is. 1:27 , Is. 45:24 , Mat. 16:18 , 1Pe. 3:13 , Is. 52:1 , Is. 60:18 , Is. 9:7 , Is. 11:5 , Is. 32:1 , Ps. 97:2 , Ps. 89:14 , 1Co. 10:31
• x: Pr. 3:25 , Pr. 3:26 , Is. 41:10 , Is. 43:2 , Lu. 12:32 , Lu. 21:9

15 ^yBehold, they shall surely gather together, ^zbut not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

• y: Zec. 1:18 , Zec. 1:19 , Re. 16:14 , Re. 20:8 , Re. 20:9 , Ezekiel 38 , Ezekiel 39 , Ps. 37:12 , Ps. 118:12 , Ps. 59:3 , Ps. 56:6 , Ps. 20:8 , Ps. 27:2 , Pr. 24:17 , Ps. 129:3 - 5
• z: Ho. 8:4

16 ^aBehold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

• a: Zec. 1:20 , Zec. 1:21 , Da. 4:34 , Da. 4:35 , Jn. 19:11 , Pr. 16:4 , Is. 10:5 , Is. 10:6 , Is. 8:7 , Is. 8:8 , Is. 46:11 , Is. 45:7 , Is. 37:26 , Is. 37:27

17 ¶^bNo weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and ^cevery tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and ^dtheir righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

• b: Ps. 2:1 - 6 , Is. 17:12 - 14 , Jeremiah 46 - 51 , Re. 6:13 - 17 , Revelation 11 - 20 , Ezekiel 25 - 32 , Ezekiel 35 , Ezekiel 38 , Ezekiel 39 , Mat. 21:44 , Zec. 12:2 , Is. 49:26 , 1Pe. 4:17
• c: Is. 50:8 , Is. 50:9 , Ps. 94:16 , Re. 12:10 , Ac. 6:10 , Ro. 8:1 , Ro. 8:33 , Ro. 8:37 , 2Co. 2:14
• d: Ps. 71:16 , Ps. 71:19 , Is. 45:24 , Is. 45:25 , Is. 61:10 , Je. 23:6 , Je. 33:16 , 1Co. 1:30 , 2Co. 5:21 , Phi. 3:9 , Ro. 3:22 , Ro. 3:24 , Ro. 5:19 , Ro. 10:4