Isaiah 14:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

1 Kings 14:10

“Because of this, I will destroy your family by killing every man and boy in it, whether slave or free. I will wipe out your family, just as fire burns up rubbish.

2 Kings 21:13

Jerusalem is as sinful as Ahab and the people of Samaria were. So I will wipe out Jerusalem and be done with it, just as someone wipes water off a plate and turns it over to dry.

Isaiah 13:20

No one will live in Babylon. Even nomads won't camp nearby, and shepherds won't let their sheep rest there.

Isaiah 13:6

Cry and weep! The day is coming when the mighty LORD will bring destruction.

Isaiah 21:1

This is a message about a desert beside the sea: Enemies from a hostile nation attack like a whirlwind from the Southern Desert.

Jeremiah 50:26

Come from far away, you enemies of Babylon! Pile up the grain from its storehouses, and destroy it completely, along with everything else.

Jeremiah 50:3

The attack on the Babylonians will come from the north; they and their animals will run, leaving the land empty.

Jeremiah 51:62

then pray, “Our LORD, you promised to destroy this place and make it into a desert where no people or animals will ever live.”

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.

Revelation 14:8

A second angel followed and said, “The great city of Babylon has fallen! This is the city that made all nations drunk and immoral. Now God is angry, and Babylon has fallen.”

Revelation 18:2

The angel shouted, “Fallen! Powerful Babylon has fallen and is now the home of demons. It is the den of every filthy spirit and of all unclean birds, and every dirty and hated animal.