Isaiah 24:1

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Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

And I will extend the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem, with the scale of the house of Ahab. And I will erase Jerusalem, just as writing tablets are usually erased. And after erasing, I will turn it and repeatedly drag a stylus over its surface.

Nehemiah 1:8

Remember the word which you commanded to your servant Moses, saying: 'When you will have transgressed, I will disperse you among the nations.

Psalm 146:9

He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.

Isaiah 13:13

For this purpose, I will stir up heaven, and the earth will be moved from its place, because of the indignation of the Lord of hosts, because of the day of his furious wrath.

Isaiah 13:5

to those who are arriving from a far off land, from the heights of the heavens. It is the Lord and the instruments of his fury, so that he may bring ruin to all the earth.

Isaiah 2:19

And they will go into the caves of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!

Isaiah 24:20

The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man, and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night. And its iniquity will be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise up again.

Isaiah 27:10

For the fortified city will be desolate. The shining city will be abandoned and will be left behind like a desert. In that place, the calf will pasture, and in that place, he will lie down, and he will feed from its summits.

Isaiah 29:16

This intention of yours is perverse. It is as if the clay were to plan against the potter, or as if the work were to say to its maker: "You did not make me." Or it is as if what has been formed were to say to the one who formed it, "You do not understand."

Isaiah 29:2

And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.

Isaiah 30:32

And when the passage of the staff has been begun, the Lord will cause it to rest upon him, with timbrels and harps. And with special battles, he will fight against them.

Isaiah 32:12

Mourn over your breasts, over the delightful country, over the fruitful vineyard.

Isaiah 33:9

The earth has mourned and languished. Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated. And Sharon has become like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.

Isaiah 34:10

Night and day, it will not be extinguished; its smoke will rise up without ceasing. From generation to generation it will remain desolate. No one will pass through it, forever and ever.

Isaiah 34:2

For the indignation of the Lord is over all the nations, and his fury is over all their armies. He has put them to death, and he has given them over to slaughter.

Isaiah 42:15

I will desolate the mountains and the hills, and I will wither all their grass. And I will turn rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools of water.

Isaiah 5:6

And I will make it desolate. It will not be pruned, and it will not be dug. And briers and thorns will rise up. And I will command the clouds not to rain upon it.

Jeremiah 4:7

The lion has ascended from his den, and the pillager of the nations has lifted himself up. He has gone forth from his place, so that he may set your land in desolation. Your cities will be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 40:15

But Johanan, the son of Kareah, spoke to Gedaliah, separately, at Mizpah, saying: "I will go, and I will strike down Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, without anyone knowing; otherwise he may kill you, and all the Jews will be scattered who have been gathered to you, and the remnant of Judah will perish."

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a scattered flock. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him. And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has taken away his bones.

Jeremiah 51:34

"Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.

Jeremiah 9:16

And I will disperse them among nations, which they and their fathers have not known. And I will send the sword after them, until they are consumed."

Ezekiel 12:20

And cities that are now inhabited will become desolate, and the land will be forsaken. And you shall know that I am the Lord."

Ezekiel 24:11

Also, place it empty on burning coals, so that it may be heated, and its brass may melt. And let the filth of it be melted in its midst, and let its rust be consumed.

Ezekiel 35:14

Thus says the Lord God: When the whole earth will rejoice, I will reduce you to solitude.

Ezekiel 5:14

And I will make you desolate, and a disgrace among the Gentiles, who are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

Ezekiel 5:2

A third part you shall burn with fire in the midst of the city, according to the completion of the days of the siege. And you shall take a third part, and you shall cut it with the knife all around. Yet truly, the other third, you shall scatter to the wind, for I will unsheathe the sword after them.

Ezekiel 6:14

And I will extend my hand over them. And I will make the earth desolate and destitute: from the desert of Riblah to all their dwelling places. And they shall know that I am the Lord."

Ezekiel 6:6

In all of your habitations, the cities will be made desolate, and the exalted places will be torn down and scattered. And your altars will be broken and destroyed. And your idols will cease to exist. And your shrines will be crushed. And your works will be wiped away.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time is approaching; the day is very near. Whoever buys should not rejoice. And whoever sells should not mourn. For wrath is over all of their people.

Ezekiel 7:14

Sound the trumpet! Let everyone be prepared! And yet there is no one who may go to battle. For my wrath is over all their people.

Nahum 1:5

The mountains have trembled before him, and the hills have become desolate, and the earth has quaked before his face, both the world and all that dwells in it.

Nahum 2:10

She has been scattered, and cut, and torn apart. And the heart melts, and the knees buckle, and weakness is in every temperament. And the faces of them all are like a black kettle.

Luke 21:24

And they will fall by the edge of the sword. And they will be led away as captives into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.

Acts 17:6

And when they had not found them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers to the rulers of the city, crying out: "For these are the ones who have stirred up the city. And they came here,

Deuteronomy 28:64

The Lord will disperse you among all the peoples, from the heights of the earth to its furthest limits. And there you will serve foreign gods of wood and of stone, which you and your fathers did not know.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said: Where are they? I will cause their memory to cease from among men.

Deuteronomy 4:27

And he will scatter you among all the nations, and few of you will remain among those nations, to which the Lord will lead you.

James 1:1

James, servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes of the dispersion, greetings.