Verse 7

Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries?

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 22:2 : 2 You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.
  • Isa 32:13 : 13 And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.
  • Isa 47:1-2 : 1 Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate. 2 Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.
  • Josh 19:29 : 29 And the limit goes round to Ramah and the walled town of Tyre and Hosah, ending at the sea by Heleb and Achzib;
  • Eccl 10:7 : 7 I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.