Isaiah 32:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan burnt down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

2 Chronicles 33:14

Later, Manasseh rebuilt the eastern section of Jerusalem's outer wall and made it taller. This section went from Gihon Valley north to Fish Gate and around the part of the city called Mount Ophel. He also assigned army officers to each of the fortified cities in Judah.

Nehemiah 3:26

He stopped at a place near the Water Gate on the east and the tower guarding the temple. This was close to a section in the city called Ophel, where the temple workers lived.

Psalm 104:11

so that the donkeys and other wild animals can satisfy their thirst.

Isaiah 22:2

Your city is filled with noisy shouts. Those who lie drunk in your streets were not killed in battle.

Isaiah 24:10

Towns are crushed and in chaos; houses are locked tight.

Isaiah 24:12

Cities are destroyed; their gates are torn down.

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 27:10

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

Isaiah 3:26

The city will mourn and sit in the dust, emptied of its people.

Isaiah 5:9

But the LORD All-Powerful has made this promise to me: Those large and beautiful homes will be left empty, with no one to take care of them.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked the LORD, “How long will this last?” The LORD answered: Until their towns are destroyed and their houses are deserted, until their fields are empty,

Isaiah 7:23

Vineyards that had a thousand vines and were worth a thousand pieces of silver will turn into thorn patches.

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys go blind from starvation. So they stand on barren hilltops and sniff the air, hoping to smell green grass.

Jeremiah 33:4

Many of the houses in Jerusalem and some of the buildings at the royal palace have been torn down to be used in repairing the walls to keep out the Babylonian attackers. Now there are empty spaces where the buildings once stood. But I am furious, and these spaces will be filled with the bodies of the people I kill. The people of Jerusalem will cry out to me for help, but they are evil, and I will ignore their prayers.

Jeremiah 6:5

we'll attack after dark and destroy its fortresses.”

Hosea 2:3

or I will strip her naked like the day she was born. I will make her barren like a desert, and she will die of thirst.

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Jerusalem will be ploughed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the glorious city that felt secure and said, “I am the only one!” Now it's merely ruins, a home for wild animals. Every passer-by simply sneers and makes vulgar signs.

Zephaniah 2:7

The LORD God hasn't forgotten those survivors in Judah, and he will help them— his people will take your land to use for pasture. And when evening comes, they will rest in houses at Ashkelon.

Luke 21:20

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by soldiers, you will know that it will soon be destroyed.

Luke 21:24

Some of them will be killed by swords. Others will be carried off to foreign countries. Jerusalem will be overrun by foreign nations until their time comes to an end.