Isaiah 34:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it forever, from generation to generation they shall dwell therein.

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  • Isa 34:10 : 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; its smoke shall ascend forever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.
  • Ps 78:55 : 55 He cast out the nations also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
  • Isa 13:20-22 : 20 It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation: nor will the Arabian pitch tent there; nor will the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there; and their houses will be full of doleful creatures; and owls will dwell there, and satyrs will dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands will cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
  • Isa 17:14 : 14 And behold, at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of those who spoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
  • Josh 18:8 : 8 And the men arose and went away; and Joshua charged those who went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, describe it, and return to me that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.
  • Jer 13:25 : 25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
  • Acts 13:19 : 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 And has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings;

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  • Ps 37:29
    79%

    29The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.

  • Ps 78:54-55
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    79%

    54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had acquired.

    55He cast out the nations also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Deut 32:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the boundaries of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

    9For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.

  • Ezek 48:29
    78%

    29This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD.

  • Num 33:53-54
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    78%

    53and you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

    54You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give the larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give the smaller inheritance: everyone's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.

  • Num 26:55-56
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    55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

    56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

  • Ezek 47:21-23
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    77%

    21So shall you divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.

    22And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among you, and to the strangers who live among you, who shall bear children among you: and they shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

    23And it shall come to pass, that in whatever tribe the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 37:25-26
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    25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.

    26Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore.

  • Josh 23:4
    76%

    4Behold, I have allotted to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward.

  • Josh 18:5-6
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    5They shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

    6You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

  • Ezek 47:14
    76%

    14And you shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for an inheritance.

  • Ps 105:11
    76%

    11Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

  • Deut 18:2
    75%

    2Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them.

  • Acts 13:19
    75%

    19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

  • Num 34:29
    75%

    29These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • Ps 105:44
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    44And gave them the lands of the nations: and they inherited the labor of the people;

  • Ps 135:12
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    12And gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel his people.

  • Ps 16:5
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    5The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: You maintain my lot.

  • Num 34:2
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    2Command the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with its borders:)

  • Num 34:13
    75%

    13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, 'This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe:'

  • 1 Chr 16:17-18
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    17And confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

    18Saying, 'To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;'

  • Josh 18:10
    74%

    10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land among the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Ps 37:22
    74%

    22For those blessed by him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Ezek 44:28
    74%

    28And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

  • Ps 33:12
    74%

    12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.

  • Ps 136:21
    74%

    21And gave their land as a heritage: for his mercy endures forever:

  • Ps 69:35
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    35For God will save Zion and will build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and have it in possession.

  • Exod 15:17
    74%

    17You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which you have made for you to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.

  • Lev 25:34
    74%

    34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

  • Deut 18:8
    74%

    8They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his patrimony.

  • Josh 19:51
    74%

    51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they completed the division of the country.

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling.

    14This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

  • Josh 14:2
    73%

    2Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

  • Num 34:18
    73%

    18And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance.

  • Josh 21:43
    73%

    43And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which He had sworn to give their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.

  • Mic 2:5
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    5Therefore you shall have none who shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

  • Deut 1:39
    73%

    39Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

  • Prov 16:33
    73%

    33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

  • Isa 65:9
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    9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

  • Num 36:7
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    7So the inheritance of the children of Israel shall not transfer from tribe to tribe; for each of the children of Israel shall keep to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.