Deuteronomy 13:16

And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.

Cross References (8)

  • Jeremiah 49:2 (5)

    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammoni

  • Joshua 8:28 (5)

    So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.

  • Isaiah 17:1 (4)

    This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

  • Isaiah 25:2 (4)

    Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more;

  • Joshua 6:24 (4)

    Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronz

  • Joshua 6:26 (2)

    At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Je

  • Numbers 21:2–3 (2)

    So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destru

  • Micah 1:6 (2)

    Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones