Isaiah 14:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

who turned the world into a wilderness, who destroyed its cities and would not release the prisoners to return home? ’

Cross References

Joel 2:3

A fire devours in front of them, and behind them a flame blazes. The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland; there is no escape from them.

Ezekiel 6:14

I will stretch out my hand against them,  and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Riblah.  Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Isaiah 58:6

Isn’t this the fast I choose: To break the chains of wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke?

Isaiah 45:13

I have stirred him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild my city, and set my exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,’ says the Lord of Armies.

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you will stare at you; they will look closely at you: ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble, who shook the kingdoms,

Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations lie in splendour, each in his own tomb.

Jeremiah 50:33

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed. All their captors hold them fast; they refuse to release them.

Ezekiel 32:23

Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit, and her assembly is all around her burial place. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword – those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

Habakkuk 1:7

They are fierce  and terrifying; their views of justice and sovereignty stem from themselves.