Isaiah 13:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Hyenas and wolves will howl from Babylon's fortresses and beautiful palaces. Its time is almost up!

Cross References

Psalm 44:19

But you crushed us, and you covered us with deepest darkness where wild animals live.

Isaiah 14:23

The LORD will sweep out the people, and the land will become a swamp for wild animals.

Isaiah 25:2

You have destroyed the fortress of our enemies, leaving their city in ruins. Nothing in that foreign city will ever be rebuilt.

Isaiah 32:14

The palace will be deserted, the crowded city empty. Fortresses and towers will for ever become playgrounds for wild donkeys and pastures for sheep.

Isaiah 34:13

Its palaces and fortresses will be covered with thorns; only wolves and ostriches will make their home there.

Isaiah 34:14

Wildcats and hyenas will hunt together, demons will scream to demons, and creatures of the night will live among the ruins.

Isaiah 35:7

Scorching sand will turn into a lake, and thirsty ground will flow with fountains. Grass will grow in wetlands, where packs of wild dogs once made their home.

Isaiah 43:20

Every wild animal honours me, even jackals and owls. I provide water in deserts— streams in thirsty lands for my chosen people.

Jeremiah 48:16

It won't be long now— disaster will hit Moab!

Jeremiah 51:33

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and I make this promise— “Soon Babylon will be levelled and packed down like a threshing place at harvest time.”

Jeremiah 9:11

I heard the LORD reply, “When I have finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

Lamentations 4:3

Even jackals nurse their young, but my people are like ostriches that abandon their own.

Micah 1:8

Because of this tragedy, I go barefoot and naked. My crying and weeping sound like howling wolves or ostriches.

Habakkuk 2:3

At the time I have decided, my words will come true. You can trust what I say about the future. It may take a long time, but keep on waiting— it will happen!

Zephaniah 2:14

Herds of wild animals will live in its rubble; all kinds of desert owls will perch on its stones and hoot in the windows. Noisy ravens will be heard inside its buildings, stripped bare of cedar.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Soon our enemies will get what they deserve— suddenly they will slip, and total disaster will quickly follow.

2 Peter 2:3

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.