Isaiah 26:21
Watch out! The Lord is coming from where he lives to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it; the earth won't hide those who have been killed any longer.
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Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” the Lord asked. “Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Job 16:18Earth, do not cover up my blood. May my cry find no place to hide.
Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their sin, says the Lord. I will put an end to the conceit of the arrogant, and I will humiliate tyrants and their pride.
Isaiah 30:12So this is how the Holy One of Israel replies, Since you have rejected this message, and since you trust in oppression and believe in dishonesty,
Ezekiel 8:6“Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what they are doing? Look at the disgusting sins the people of Israel are committing that are driving me far away from my sanctuary? But you're going to see even more disgusting sins than these!”
Ezekiel 10:3The cherubim were standing on the south side of the Temple when the man went in. A cloud filled the inner court.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:21
The Sure Refuge. ( b. c. 718.) 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. These two verses are supposed not to belong to the song which takes up the rest of the chapter, but to begin a new matter, and to be rather an… Read the whole commentary →