Bible Cross References
all your
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.
Jeremiah 9:19
Listen to the sound of crying in Zion: "We are ruined! We are completely disgraced! We must leave our land; our homes have been torn down."
Zephaniah 3:7
I thought that then my people would have reverence for me and accept my discipline, that they would never forget the lesson I taught them. But soon they were behaving as badly as ever.
the cities
Ezekiel 5:14
Everyone from the nations around you who passes by will sneer at you and keep their distance.
Isaiah 24:1-12
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The LORD is going to devastate the earth and leave it desolate. He will twist the earth's surface and scatter its people.
2
Everyone will meet the same fate---the priests and the people, slaves and masters, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, rich and poor.
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,
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and the joyful music of their harps and drums has ceased.
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There is no more happy singing over wine; no one enjoys its taste any more.
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In the city everything is in chaos, and people lock themselves in their houses for safety.
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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.
Isaiah 32:13
and thorn bushes and briers are growing on my people's land. Weep for all the houses where people were happy and for the city that was full of life.
Isaiah 32:14
Even the palace will be abandoned and the capital city totally deserted. Homes and the forts that guarded them will be in ruins forever. Wild donkeys will roam there, and sheep will find pasture there.
Isaiah 64:10
Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin,
Jeremiah 2:15
They have roared at him like lions; they have made his land a desert, and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.
Jeremiah 9:11
The LORD says, "I will make Jerusalem a pile of ruins, a place where jackals live; the cities of Judah will become a desert, a place where no one lives."
Jeremiah 10:22
Listen! News has come! There is a great commotion in a nation to the north; its army will turn the cities of Judah into a desert, a place where jackals live."
Jeremiah 34:22
I will give the order, and they will return to this city. They will attack it, capture it, and burn it down. I will make the towns of Judah like a desert where no one lives. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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.
Zephaniah 1:2-6
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The LORD said, "I am going to destroy everything on earth,
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all human beings and animals, birds and fish. I will bring about the downfall of the wicked. I will destroy everyone, and no survivors will be left. I, the LORD, have spoken.
4
"I will punish the people of Jerusalem and of all Judah. I will destroy the last trace of the worship of Baal there, and no one will even remember the pagan priests who serve him.
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I will destroy anyone who goes up on the roof and worships the sun, the moon, and the stars. I will also destroy those who worship me and swear loyalty to me, but then take oaths in the name of the god Molech.
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I will destroy those who have turned back and no longer follow me, those who do not come to me or ask me to guide them."
Zephaniah 1:18-6
Zephaniah 3:6
The LORD says, "I have wiped out whole nations; I have destroyed their cities and left their walls and towers in ruins. The cities are deserted; the streets are empty---no one is left.
and the
Ezekiel 16:39
I will put you in their power, and they will tear down the places where you engage in prostitution and worship idols. They will take away your clothes and jewels and leave you completely naked.
Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your places of worship on the hills, tear down your incense altars, and throw your dead bodies on your fallen idols. In utter disgust
Jeremiah 17:3
and on the mountains in the open country. I will have your enemies take away your wealth and your treasures because of all the sins you have committed throughout your land.
Hosea 10:8
The hilltop shrines of Aven, where the people of Israel worship idols, will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow up over their altars. The people will call out to the mountains, "Hide us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!"
your altars
Ezekiel 30:13
The Sovereign LORD says, "I will destroy the idols and the false gods in Memphis. There will be no one to rule Egypt, and I will terrify all the people.
Isaiah 2:18
(SEE 2:17)
Isaiah 2:20
When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.
Isaiah 27:9
But Israel's sins will be forgiven only when the stones of pagan altars are ground up like chalk, and no more incense altars or symbols of the goddess Asherah are left.
Hosea 10:2
The people whose hearts are deceitful must now suffer for their sins. God will break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.
Micah 1:7
All its precious idols will be smashed to pieces, everything given to its temple prostitutes will be destroyed by fire, and all its images will become a desolate heap. Samaria acquired these things for its fertility rites, and now her enemies will carry them off for temple prostitutes elsewhere."
Micah 5:13
I will destroy your idols and sacred stone pillars; no longer will you worship the things that you yourselves have made.
Zephaniah 1:3
all human beings and animals, birds and fish. I will bring about the downfall of the wicked. I will destroy everyone, and no survivors will be left. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Zephaniah 1:4
"I will punish the people of Jerusalem and of all Judah. I will destroy the last trace of the worship of Baal there, and no one will even remember the pagan priests who serve him.
Zechariah 13:2
At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
your works
Psalm 115:8
May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.
Isaiah 1:31
Just as straw is set on fire by a spark, so powerful people will be destroyed by their own evil deeds, and no one will be able to stop the destruction.
Habakkuk 2:18
What's the use of an idol? It is only something that a human being has made, and it tells you nothing but lies. What good does it do for its maker to trust it---a god that can't even talk!