Isaiah 25:2

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²You have made the city a heap of rubble,^(A)
the fortified^(B) town a ruin,^(C)
the foreigners’ stronghold^(D) a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.^(E)

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Isaiah 32:14

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¹⁴The fortress^(A) will be abandoned,
the noisy city deserted;^(B)
citadel and watchtower^(C) will become a wasteland forever,
the delight of donkeys,^(D) a pasture for flocks,^(E)

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Jeremiah 18:15

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¹⁵Yet my people have forgotten^(A) me;
    they burn incense^(B) to worthless idols,^(C)
which made them stumble^(D) in their ways,
    in the ancient paths.^(E)
They made them walk in byways,
    on roads not built up.^(F)

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Jeremiah 25:9

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⁹I will summon^(A) all the peoples of the north^(B) and my servant^(C) Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[a]^(E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(F) and an everlasting ruin.^(G)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

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Jeremiah 25:12

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¹²“But when the seventy years^(A) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon^(B) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,^[a] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate^(C) forever.

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Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans

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Jeremiah 49:13

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¹³I swear^(A) by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah^(B) will become a ruin and a curse,^[a] an object of horror^(C) and reproach;^(D) and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”^(E)

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Jeremiah 49:13 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.

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Jeremiah 49:33

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³³“Hazor^(A) will become a haunt of jackals,^(B)
a desolate^(C) place forever.
No one will live there;
no people will dwell^(D) in it.”

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Jeremiah 51:26

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²⁶No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
nor any stone for a foundation,
for you will be desolate^(A) forever,”
declares the Lord.

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Jeremiah 51:62

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⁶²Then say, ‘Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate^(A) forever.’

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Ezekiel 26:21

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²¹I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.^(A) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(B)

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