Bible Cross References
I will
Ezekiel 6:14
Yes, I will reach out and destroy their country. I will make it a wasteland from the southern desert to the city of Riblah in the north, not sparing any place where the Israelites live. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 14:13-21
13
"Mortal man," he said, "if a country sins and is unfaithful to me, I will reach out and destroy its supply of food. I will send a famine and kill people and animals alike.
14
Even if those three men, Noah, Danel, and Job, were living there, their goodness would save only their own lives." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
15
"Or I might send wild animals to kill the people, making the land so dangerous that no one could travel through it,
16
and even if those three men lived there---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---they would not be able to save even their own children. They would save only their own lives, and the land would become a wilderness.
17
"Or I might bring war on that country and send destructive weapons to wipe out people and animals alike,
18
and even if those three men lived there---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---they would not be able to save even their children, but only their own lives.
19
"If I send an epidemic on that country and in my anger take many lives, killing people and animals,
20
even if Noah, Danel, and Job lived there---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---they would not be able to save even their own children. Their goodness would save only their own lives."
21
This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "I will send my four worst punishments on Jerusalem---war, famine, wild animals, and disease---to destroy people and animals alike.
Ezekiel 33:29
When I punish the people for their sins and make the country a wasteland, then they will know that I am the LORD."
Isaiah 6:11
I asked, "How long will it be like this, Lord?" He answered, "Until the cities are ruined and empty---until the houses are uninhabited---until the land itself is a desolate wasteland.
Isaiah 24:3-12
3
The earth will lie shattered and ruined. The LORD has spoken and it will be done.
4
The earth dries up and withers; the whole world grows weak; both earth and sky decay.
5
The people have defiled the earth by breaking God's laws and by violating the covenant he made to last forever.
6
So God has pronounced a curse on the earth. Its people are paying for what they have done. Fewer and fewer remain alive.
7
The grapevines wither, and wine is becoming scarce. Everyone who was once happy is now sad,
8
and the joyful music of their harps and drums has ceased.
9
There is no more happy singing over wine; no one enjoys its taste any more.
10
In the city everything is in chaos, and people lock themselves in their houses for safety.
11
People shout in the streets because there is no more wine. Happiness is gone forever; it has been banished from the land.
12
The city is in ruins, and its gates have been broken down.
Jeremiah 25:10
I will silence their shouts of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of wedding feasts. They will have no oil for their lamps, and there will be no more grain.
Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land will be left in ruins and will be a shocking sight, and the neighboring nations will serve the king of Babylonia for seventy years.
Zephaniah 1:18
On the day when the LORD shows his fury, not even all their silver and gold will save them. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of his anger. He will put an end---a sudden end---to everyone who lives on earth.
committed a trespass
2 Chronicles 36:14-16
14
In addition, the leaders of Judah, the priests, and the people followed the sinful example of the nations around them in worshiping idols, and so they defiled the Temple, which the LORD himself had made holy.
15
The LORD, the God of their ancestors, had continued to send prophets to warn his people, because he wanted to spare them and the Temple.
16
But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the LORD's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.