Deuteronomy 13:16
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16 You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and (A)burn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It shall be a (B)heap forever. It shall not be built again.
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Jeremiah 49:2
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2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming,
declares the Lord,
when I will cause (A)the battle cry to be heard
against (B)Rabbah of the Ammonites;
it shall become a desolate (C)mound,
and its villages shall be burned with fire;
then Israel shall dispossess those who dispossessed him,
says the Lord.
Joshua 8:28
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28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a (A)heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
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Isaiah 25:2
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2 For you have made the city (A)a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.
Isaiah 17:1
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An Oracle Concerning Damascus
17 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Damascus.
Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins.
Joshua 6:24
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24 And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. (A)Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
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Micah 1:6
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6 Therefore I will make (A)Samaria (B)a heap in the open country,
a place for planting vineyards,
and I will pour down her stones (C)into the valley
and (D)uncover her foundations.
Joshua 6:26
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26 Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, (A)“Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.
“At the cost of his firstborn
shall he lay its foundation,
and at the cost of his youngest son
shall he set up its gates.”
Numbers 21:2-3
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2 (A)And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”[a] 3 And the Lord heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called (B)Hormah.[b]
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- Numbers 21:2 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 3
- Numbers 21:3 Hormah means destruction
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