Self-interpreting Bible

1 O YE ^achildren of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and ^bblow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in ^cBeth-haccerem: for ^devil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

• a: Jos. 18:21 , Jos. 18:28 , 2Ch. 11:5 , 2Ch. 11:12 , Je. 4:29
• b: Je. 4:5 , Je. 4:6 , Je. 4:15 , Je. 4:16 , Je. 4:19 , Je. 4:20 , Jos. 18:28
• c: Ne. 3:14
• d: Eze. 26:7 , Je. 1:13 - 15 , Je. 4:6 , Je. 5:15 , Je. 10:22 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 6:22

2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to ¹a comely and delicate woman.

• 1: Or, dwelling at home or to a pasture, v.3. , Je. 6:3

3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; ^ethey shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

• e: 2Ki. 25:1

4 ^fPrepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. ^gWoe unto us! for the day goeth away, ^hfor the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

• f: Je. 4:7 , Je. 4:13 , Je. 15:8 , Je. 51:27 , 3:9 , Is. 13:3 , Is. 22:5 - 7
• g: Is. 5:26 - 30 , Je. 8:20
• h: Ca. 2:17

5 Arise, and ⁱlet us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

• i: Je. 21:10 , Je. 39:8 , Je. 9:18 , Je. 9:21

6 ¶For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, ^j*Hew ye down trees, and ^2*cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is ^kwholly oppression in the midst of her.

• j: De. 20:19 , Je. 32:24 , Je. 33:4 , Eze. 17:7
• *: hew-shape by cutting or chopping. , cast a mount-build a raised fortification.
• 2: Or, pour out the engine of shot.
• k: 2Ki. 21:16 , 2Ki. 24:4 , Eze. 7:23 , Na. 3:1 , Zep. 3:1 - 4

7 As ^la fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

• l: Is. 57:20 , Ps. 55:9 - 11 , Je. 20:8 , Eze. 24:7 - 9 , Eze. 7:11 , Eze. 7:23 , Eze. 22:3 - 12 , Zep. 3:1 - 4

8 ^mBe thou instructed, O Jerusalem, ⁿlest my soul ³depart from thee; lest ^oI make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

• m: Pr. 4:13 , Zep. 3:7 , De. 32:39 , Je. 4:14 , Je. 7:3 , Ps. 94:12
• n: Eze. 23:18
• 3: Heb. be loosed or disjointed.
• o: Is. 6:11 , Is. 6:12 , Je. 7:20 , Je. 7:34 , Je. 9:11 , Je. 25:9 , Da. 9:26 , Da. 9:27 , Mat. 22:7 , Lu. 21:20 - 24 , Lu. 19:44

9 ¶Thus saith the LORD of hosts, ^pThey shall throughly ^*glean ^qthe remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

• p: 2Ki. 24:2 , 2Ki. 24:14 , 2Ki. 24:15 , 2Ki. 25:5 , 2Ki. 25:11 , 2Ki. 25:18 - 20 , Je. 16:16 , Je. 49:9 , Je. 52:28 - 30 , De. 24:21 , Ob. vs. 5 , Re. 14:18
• *: glean-collect what the reapers drop at harvest time.
• q: Is. 46:3

10 ^rTo whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, ^stheir ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, ^tthe word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

• r: Is. 53:1 , Ps. 94:8 , Is. 28:9 - 13 , Je. 5:4 , Je. 5:5
• s: Je. 4:4 , Je. 9:26 , Je. 7:23 - 28 , Is. 6:9 , Is. 6:10 , Is. 42:23 , Is. 42:25 , Ac. 7:51 , Jn. 5:44
• t: Je. 20:8 , Je. 20:9 , Je. 5:12 , Je. 5:13 , Am. 7:10 , 2Th. 2:10 , 2Th. 2:12 , 2Ti. 4:3 , 2Ch. 36:15 , 2Ch. 36:16 , Ps. 50:17 , Pr. 5:12

11 Therefore ^uI am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: ^vI will pour it out upon ^wthe children ^*abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for ^xeven the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

• u: Job 32:18 , Job 32:20 , Je. 20:9 , Ac. 17:16 , Ac. 18:5 , 1Co. 9:17
• v: De. 32:2 , Re. 16:1 , Je. 1:10 , Je. 15:1 - 9 , Je. 16:3 - 9 , Je. 18:21 , Je. 20:9
• w: Eze. 9:6 , Zec. 8:5 , Je. 9:21
• *: abroad-over a wide area.
• x: Lu. 17:34 , Is. 65:20

12 And ^ytheir houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I ^zwill stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.

• y: De. 28:30 - 33 , De. 28:39 - 43 , Je. 8:10
• z: Is. 5:25 , Is. 9:12 , Is. 10:4 , La. 1:14 , La. 1:15 , La. 2:1 - 22 , La. 4:1 - 11 , Je. 25:9

13 For ^afrom the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and ^bfrom the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

• a: Mi. 7:1 - 5 , Mi. 2:1 , Mi. 2:2 , Mi. 3:2 , Mi. 3:3 , Mi. 3:5 , Mi. 3:11 , Eze. 22:1 - 13 , Zep. 3:1 - 3 , Is. 56:9 - 12 , Is. 57:17 , Je. 8:10 , Je. 5:31 , Je. 22:17 , Ezekiel 13
• b: Je. 14:18 , Je. 23:11

14 They have ^chealed also the ⁴hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

• c: Je. 4:10 , Je. 5:12 , Je. 5:31 , Je. 14:13 , Je. 14:14 , Je. 23:14 , Je. 23:17 , Je. 28:3 , Je. 8:11 , Je. 8:12 , La. 2:14 , Eze. 13:10 , Eze. 13:22 , 2Pe. 2:19
• 4: Heb. bruise or breach, Is. 1.6. , Is. 1:6

15 Were they ^dashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore ^ethey shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

• d: Je. 3:3 , Je. 3:9 , Je. 8:12 , Eze. 16:24 , Eze. 16:25 , Eze. 16:34 , Eze. 16:36 , Ro. 1:32 , Is. 3:9
• e: Pr. 29:1 , Mat. 15:14 , Is. 10:4 , Je. 23:11 - 15 , Eze. 13:9 , Eze. 14:9 , Eze. 14:10 , Mi. 3:6 , Mi. 3:7

16 Thus saith the LORD, ^fStand ye in the ways, and see, ^gand ask for the old paths, where is the good way, ^hand walk therein, and ye shall ⁱfind rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

• f: De. 32:7 , De. 6:6 , De. 6:7 , De. 12:32 , De. 11:32 , Is. 8:20 , Is. 34:16 , Je. 18:15 , Mal. 4:4 , 1Th. 5:21 , Lu. 16:29 , Ac. 17:11 , 1Jn. 4:1
• g: Je. 50:5 , Ca. 1:7
• h: Col. 2:6
• i: Is. 28:12 , Is. 28:16 , Mat. 11:28 , Mat. 11:29 , Je. 2:25 , Je. 18:12 , Je. 22:21 , Je. 44:16

17 Also I set ^jwatchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the ^ksound of the trumpet. But they said, ^lWe will not hearken.

• j: Is. 56:10 , Eze. 3:17 , Eze. 33:7 , Hab. 2:1 , He. 13:7 , He. 13:17
• k: Is. 58:1 , Ho. 8:1 , Eze. 33:2 - 4
• l: Zec. 7:11 , Ho. 11:2 , Ho. 11:7 , Je. 6:16 , Je. 22:21 , Je. 2:25 , Je. 18:12 , Je. 44:16

18 ¶Therefore hear, ^mye nations, and know, O congregation, ⁿwhat is among them.

• m: Ps. 49:1 , Ps. 49:2 , Ps. 7:11 , Is. 1:2 , Is. 5:3 , Is. 21:11
• n: Isaiah 1 - 3 , Isaiah 9 , Isaiah 58 , Isaiah 59 , Jeremiah 2 - 18 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 20 , Ezekiel 22 , Ezekiel 23

19 ^oHear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this ^ppeople, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, ^qnor to my law, but rejected it.

• o: Is. 1:2 , De. 4:26 , De. 30:19 , De. 32:1 , Je. 2:12 , Je. 22:29 , Mi. 6:2
• p: Is. 3:11 , Is. 59:7 , Is. 5:24 , Je. 8:9 , Pr. 1:25 - 32
• q: Pr. 28:9

20 ^rTo what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

• r: Is. 1:11 - 15 , Is. 60:6 , Is. 66:3 , Eze. 20:39 , Am. 5:21 , Am. 5:22 , Mi. 6:6 - 8 , Je. 7:21 , Je. 7:22 , Ps. 40:6 , Ps. 50:7 - 9

21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, ^sI will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

• s: Je. 6:22 , Eze. 3:20 , Ro. 11:9 , Job 5:12 , Job 5:13 , Job 18:5 - 21 , Job 20:22 - 28 , Je. 15:1 - 9 , Je. 16:3 - 9 , Je. 9:1 , Je. 9:16 , Je. 9:21 , Je. 9:22 , Je. 18:21 , Je. 19:7 , Je. 19:9 , Je. 21:7 , 2Ch. 36:17 , Eze. 5:7 - 17

22 Thus saith the LORD, ^tBehold, a people cometh from ^uthe north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

• t: Je. 6:1 , Je. 13:20 , Je. 25:32 , Je. 31:8 , Je. 50:41 - 43
• u: Je. 1:14 , Je. 1:15 , Je. 5:15 , Je. 10:22 , Je. 25:9 , Hab. 1:6 , Eze. 7:24

23 They ^vshall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

• v: Is. 5:26 - 30 , Is. 13:18 , Is. 17:12 , Hab. 1:6 - 10 , Eze. 23:22 - 29 , Eze. 23:45 - 47 , Eze. 16:37 - 42 , La. 4:19 , Da. 9:26 , Da. 9:27 , Lu. 19:43 , Lu. 19:44

24 We ^whave heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: ^xanguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in ^*travail.

• w: Je. 4:5 - 9 , Je. 4:16 - 21 , Je. 4:29 , Je. 4:31 , Hab. 3:16
• x: Je. 4:31 , Je. 49:24 , Je. 50:43 , Je. 13:21 , Pr. 1:27 , Pr. 1:28 , La. 1:12
• *: travail-childbirth.

25 ^yGo not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; ^zfor the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

• y: Je. 4:5 , Je. 8:14 , Ju. 5:6 , Ju. 5:7 , 2Ch. 15:5
• z: Je. 4:10 , Is. 1:20

26 ¶O daughter of my people, ^a*gird thee with sackcloth, and ^bwallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

• a: Je. 4:8 , Je. 25:34 , Je. 3:25 , Mi. 1:10 , Zec. 12:10 , Is. 22:12 , Lamentations 1 - 5 , Je. 9:1 , Je. 9:10 , Je. 9:17 - 22 , Je. 13:17 , Eze. 7:1 - 16 , Eze. 21:6 , Eze. 21:7
• *: gird-secure with a belt or band, encircle.
• b: Je. 25:34 , Eze. 27:30

27 I have set thee for ^ca tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and ^dtry their way.

• c: Is. 23:13
• d: Je. 9:7 , Je. 11:20 , Zec. 13:9

28 They are all ^egrievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

• e: Is. 31:7 , Je. 5:23 , Je. 18:18 , Je. 20:10 , Ho. 10:15 , Je. 9:2 - 8 , Eze. 22:18 , Is. 48:4 , Isaiah 1 , Isaiah 3 , Isaiah 9 , Isaiah 58 , Isaiah 59 , Ezekiel 15 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 20 - 23 , Micah 1 - 3 , Micah 6 , Micah 7 , Zep. 3:1 - 3

29 The ^fbellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the ^*founder melteth in vain: for ^gthe wicked are not plucked away.

• f: Is. 49:4 , Is. 53:1 , Ho. 6:5 , Ho. 11:2 , Ho. 11:7 , Eze. 22:1 - 31 , Eze. 24:3 - 14
• *: founder-a person who casts metal or glass in a mould.
• g: Am. 4:11 , Zec. 3:2

30 ⁵Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath ^hrejected them.

• 5: Or, Refuse. Mat. 5.13. , Mat. 5:13
• h: La. 5:22 , Ho. 9:17 , Zec. 11:8 , 2Ki. 17:20