Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth on them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more be a cover over her slain.
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Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Job 16:18Earth! do thou not cover up my blood, and let no place restrain my cry.
Isaiah 13:11And I will visit on the world its evil, and on the wicked their iniquity; and I will stop the arrogance of the presumptuous, and the haughtiness of the tyrants will I humble.
Isaiah 30:12Therefore thus hath said the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and lean thereon for aid:
Ezekiel 8:6Then said he unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they are doing? great abominations are they that the house of Israel commit here, to make me go far away from my sanctuary; but thou shalt yet see still other great abominations.
Ezekiel 10:3Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house, when the man went in: and the 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 →