For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more;
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there the
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom an
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by t
They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt f