Bible Cross References
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah 1:7
Your country has been devastated, and your cities have been burned to the ground. While you look on, foreigners take over your land and bring everything to ruin.
2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem,
2 Chronicles 36:19-21
19
He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.
20
He took all the survivors to Babylonia, where they served him and his descendants as slaves until the rise of the Persian Empire.
21
And so what the LORD had foretold through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: "The land will lie desolate for seventy years, to make up for the Sabbath rest that has not been observed."
Psalm 79:1-7
1
O God, the heathen have invaded your land. They have desecrated your holy Temple and left Jerusalem in ruins.
2
They left the bodies of your people for the vultures, the bodies of your servants for wild animals to eat.
3
They shed your people's blood like water; blood flowed like water all through Jerusalem, and no one was left to bury the dead.
4
The surrounding nations insult us; they laugh at us and mock us.
5
LORD, will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
6
Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you, on the people who do not pray to you.
7
For they have killed your people; they have ruined your country.
Lamentations 1:1-4
1
How lonely lies Jerusalem, once so full of people! Once honored by the world, she is now like a widow; The noblest of cities has fallen into slavery.
2
All night long she cries; tears run down her cheeks. Of all her former friends, not one is left to comfort her. Her allies have betrayed her and are all against her now.
3
Judah's people are helpless slaves, forced away from home. They live in other lands, with no place to call their own--- Surrounded by enemies, with no way to escape.
4
No one comes to the Temple now to worship on the holy days. The young women who sang there suffer, and the priests can only groan. The city gates stand empty, and Zion is in agony.
Lamentations 2:4-8
4
He aimed his arrows at us like an enemy; He killed all those who were our joy and delight. Here in Jerusalem we felt his burning anger.
5
Like an enemy, the Lord has destroyed Israel; He has left her forts and palaces in ruins. He has brought on the people of Judah unending sorrow.
6
He smashed to pieces the Temple where we worshiped him; He has put an end to holy days and Sabbaths. King and priest alike have felt the force of his anger.
7
The Lord rejected his altar and deserted his holy Temple; He allowed the enemy to tear down its walls. They shouted in victory where once we had worshiped in joy.
8
The LORD was determined that the walls of Zion should fall; He measured them off to make sure of total destruction. The towers and walls now lie in ruins together.
Lamentations 5:18
because Mount Zion lies lonely and deserted, and wild jackals prowl through its ruins.
Daniel 9:26
And at the end of that time God's chosen leader will be killed unjustly. The city and the Temple will be destroyed by the invading army of a powerful ruler. The end will come like a flood, bringing the war and destruction which God has prepared.
Daniel 9:27
That ruler will have a firm agreement with many people for seven years, and when half this time is past, he will put an end to sacrifices and offerings. The Awful Horror will be placed on the highest point of the Temple and will remain there until the one who put it there meets the end which God has prepared for him."
Daniel 12:7
The angel raised both hands toward the sky and made a solemn promise in the name of the Eternal God. I heard him say, "It will be three and a half years. When the persecution of God's people ends, all these things will have happened."
Micah 3:12
And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.
Luke 21:21
Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills; those who are in the city must leave, and those who are out in the country must not go into the city.
Luke 21:24
Some will be killed by the sword, and others will be taken as prisoners to all countries; and the heathen will trample over Jerusalem until their time is up.
Revelation 11:1
I was then given a stick that looked like a measuring-rod, and was told, "Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who are worshiping in the temple.
Revelation 11:2
But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.