Jeremiah 26:18
New King James Version
18 (A)“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(B)“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become (C)heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the [b]bare hills of the forest.” ’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. house
- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. high places
Micah 1:1
New King James Version
Judgment on Israel and Judah
1 The word of the Lord that came to (A)Micah of Moresheth in the days of (B)Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 4:2
New King James Version
2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?”
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Micah 3:12-4:1
New King James Version
12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be (A)plowed like a field,
(B)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And (C)the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.
The Lord’s Reign in Zion(D)
4 Now (E)it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And peoples shall flow to it.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:12 Lit. house
Jeremiah 17:3
New King James Version
3 O My mountain in the field,
I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures,
And your high places of sin within all your borders.
Jeremiah 9:11
New King James Version
11 “I will make Jerusalem (A)a heap of ruins, (B)a den of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.”
Isaiah 2:2-3
New King James Version
2 Now (A)it shall come to pass (B)in the latter days
(C)That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say,
(D)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(E)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Psalm 79:1
New King James Version
A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies
A Psalm of Asaph.
79 O God, the [a]nations have come into (A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
(B)They have laid Jerusalem [b]in heaps.
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
- Psalm 79:1 in ruins
Jeremiah 51:37
New King James Version
37 (A)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
(B)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
2 Kings 19:25
New King James Version
25 ‘Did you not hear long ago
How (A)I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That (B)you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
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