Isaiah 34:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Owls, hawks, and wild animals will make it their home. God will leave it in ruins, merely a pile of rocks.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:2

David also defeated the Moabites. Then he made their soldiers lie down on the ground, and he measured them off with a rope. He would measure off two lengths of the rope and have those men killed, then he would measure off one length and let those men live. The people of Moab had to accept David as their ruler and pay taxes to him.

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.

Psalm 102:6

I am like a lonely owl in the desert

Isaiah 14:23

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

Isaiah 24:10

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

Isaiah 34:17

The LORD has decided where they each should live; they will be there for ever, generation after generation.

Lamentations 2:8

The LORD had decided to tear down the walls of Zion stone by stone. So he started destroying and did not stop until walls and fortresses mourned and trembled.

Amos 7:8

Then he asked, “Amos, what do you see?” “A measuring line,” I answered. The LORD said, “I'm using this measuring line to show that my people Israel don't measure up, and I won't forgive them any more.

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 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.