The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns wil
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar ki
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his off
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given t
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Yo
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight agai