For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelr
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple moun
In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter des
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the ear
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more;
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses
For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hil
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, he
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.