Isaiah 16:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 16:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 16:8 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plan..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 16:8 — KJV
“For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. stretched...: or, plucked up”
— Isaiah 16:8 (KJV)
Isaiah 16:8 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 16:8
“O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 16:8: vine, sibmah, plants
“And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. men...: Heb. men of statures”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 16:8: thereof, through, gone
“Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. put...: Heb. bore out”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 16:8: fields, vine, come
“But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 16:8: down, even, over
“From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 16:8: down, even, wilderness
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