Leviticus 26:32
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32 And (A)I myself will devastate the land, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be (B)appalled at it.
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Jeremiah 9:11
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11 (A)I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
(B)a lair of jackals,
(C)and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 25:11
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11 (A)This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and (B)these nations shall serve the king of Babylon (C)seventy years.
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Jeremiah 19:8
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8 And I will make this city (A)a horror, (B)a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.
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Jeremiah 18:16
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16 making their land (A)a horror,
a thing (B)to be hissed at forever.
(C)Everyone who passes by it is horrified
(D)and shakes his head.
Ezekiel 5:15
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15 You shall be[a] a reproach and a taunt, a warning (A)and a horror, to (B)the nations all around you, (C)when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and (D)with furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken—
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- Ezekiel 5:15 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be
Jeremiah 25:18
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18 (A)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, (B)to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
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1 Kings 9:8
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8 And this house will become a heap of ruins.[a] Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, (A)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
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- 1 Kings 9:8 Syriac, Old Latin; Hebrew will become high
Deuteronomy 28:37
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37 And you shall become (A)a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.
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Luke 21:20
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Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem
20 “But (A)when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that (B)its desolation has come near.
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Habakkuk 3:17
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Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord
17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
Daniel 9:18
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18 (A)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (B)our desolations, and (C)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
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Daniel 9:2
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2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to (A)the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
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Ezekiel 33:28-29
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28 (A)And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and (B)her proud might shall come to an end, and (C)the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through. 29 (D)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.
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Lamentations 5:18
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18 for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
(A)jackals prowl over it.
Lamentations 4:12
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12 (A)The kings of the earth did not believe,
nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that foe or enemy could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 44:2
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2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day (A)they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them,
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Jeremiah 25:38
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38 Like a lion (A)he has left his lair,
for their land has become a waste
because of (B)the sword of the oppressor,
(C)and because of his fierce anger.”
Isaiah 64:10
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10 (A)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah 32:13-14
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13 (A)for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
(B)yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
14 For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
(C)a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
Isaiah 24:1
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Judgment on the Whole Earth
24 Behold, (A)the Lord will empty the earth[a] and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
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- Isaiah 24:1 Or land; also throughout this chapter
Isaiah 6:11
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11 Then I said, (A)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (B)cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
Isaiah 5:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
(A)“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and (A)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(B)I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
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