Leviticus 26:32
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32 Yes, I myself will devastate your land, and your enemies who come to occupy it will be appalled at what they see.
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Jeremiah 9:11
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11 “I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,” says the Lord.
“It will be a place haunted by jackals.
The towns of Judah will be ghost towns,
with no one living in them.”
Jeremiah 25:11
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11 This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
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Jeremiah 19:8
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8 I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will gasp at the destruction they see there.
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Jeremiah 18:16
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16 Therefore, their land will become desolate,
a monument to their stupidity.
All who pass by will be astonished
and will shake their heads in amazement.
Ezekiel 5:15
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15 You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the Lord punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 25:18
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18 I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah, and their kings and officials drank from the cup. From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing.
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1 Kings 9:8
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8 And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will gasp in horror. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’
Deuteronomy 28:37
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37 You will become an object of horror, ridicule, and mockery among all the nations to which the Lord sends you.
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Luke 21:20
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20 “And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived.
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Habakkuk 3:17
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17 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
and the cattle barns are empty,
Daniel 9:18
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18 “O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.
Daniel 9:2
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2 During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the Lord, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years.[a]
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- 9:2 See Jer 25:11-12; 29:10.
Ezekiel 33:28-29
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28 I will completely destroy the land and demolish her pride. Her arrogant power will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate that no one will even travel through them. 29 When I have completely destroyed the land because of their detestable sins, then they will know that I am the Lord.’
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Lamentations 5:18
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18 For Jerusalem[a] is empty and desolate,
a place haunted by jackals.
Footnotes
- 5:18 Hebrew Mount Zion.
Lamentations 4:12
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12 Not a king in all the earth—
no one in all the world—
would have believed that an enemy
could march through the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 44:22
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22 It was because the Lord could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing—a desolate ruin without inhabitants—as it is today.
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Jeremiah 44:2
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2 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: You saw the calamity I brought on Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah. They now lie deserted and in ruins.
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Jeremiah 25:38
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38 He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey,
and their land will be made desolate
by the sword[a] of the enemy
and the Lord’s fierce anger.
Footnotes
- 25:38 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads by the anger.
Isaiah 64:10
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10 Your holy cities are destroyed.
Zion is a wilderness;
yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
Isaiah 32:13-14
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13 For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
14 The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty forts[a] and watchtowers
Footnotes
- 32:14 Hebrew the Ophel.
Isaiah 24:1
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Destruction of the Earth
24 Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth
and make it a vast wasteland.
He devastates the surface of the earth
and scatters the people.
Isaiah 6:11
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11 Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?”
And he replied,
“Until their towns are empty,
their houses are deserted,
and the whole country is a wasteland;
Isaiah 5:9
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9 But I have heard the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
swear a solemn oath:
“Many houses will stand deserted;
even beautiful mansions will be empty.
Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.
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