Isaiah 17:9

God's Word

When that day comes, the fortified cities which other people abandoned because of the Israelites will be like abandoned woods and undergrowth. So it will become a wasteland.

Cross References

Isaiah 17:10

You have forgotten the God of your salvation. You haven’t remembered the rock, your stronghold. Instead, you have planted the best plants and have set out the imported grapevines.

Isaiah 17:8

They won’t look to the altars made by their hands or to the Asherah poles or incense altars which their fingers molded.

Isaiah 27:10

The fortified city is isolated. The homestead is left deserted, abandoned like the desert. Calves will graze there. They will lie down. They will feed on the branches.

Hosea 10:14

So your army will hear the noise of battle. All your fortresses will be destroyed like the time Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle. Mothers and their children were smashed to death.

Amos 7:9

The worship sites of Isaac will be destroyed, and the holy places of Israel will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam’s heirs with my sword.”

Micah 5:11

I will destroy the cities in your land and tear down all your fortresses.

Micah 6:16

You have kept Omri’s laws and all the practices of the descendants of Ahab, and you have followed their advice. That is why I will ruin you. Your people will be ridiculed. You will bear the disgrace of my people.”

Micah 7:13

The earth will become a wasteland for those who live on it because of what the people living there have done.