Isaiah 17:9

Conservative English Version

Israel captured powerful cities and chased out the people who lived there. But these cities will lie in ruins, covered over with weeds and underbrush.

Cross References

Isaiah 17:10

Israel, you have forgotten the God who saves you, the one who is the mighty rock where you find protection. You plant the finest flowers to honor a foreign god.

Isaiah 17:8

They have built altars and places for burning incense to their goddess Asherah, and they have set up sacred poles for her. But they will stop worshiping at these places.

Isaiah 27:10

Fortress cities are left like a desert where no one lives. Cattle walk through the ruins, stripping the trees bare.

Hosea 10:14

So war will break out, and your fortresses will be destroyed. Your enemies will do to you what Shalman did to the people of Beth-Arbel-- mothers and their children will be beaten to death against rocks.

Amos 7:9

Their sacred places will be destroyed, and I will send war against the nation of King Jeroboam."

Micah 5:11

as well as your cities and your fortresses.

Micah 6:16

Jerusalem, this will happen because you followed the sinful example of kings Omri and Ahab. Now I will destroy you and your property. Then the people of every nation will make fun and insult you.

Micah 7:13

Those nations will suffer disaster because of what they did.