Isaiah 1:7

Good News Translation

Your country has been devastated, and your cities have been burned to the ground. While you look on, foreigners take over your land and bring everything to ruin.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:5

Because King Ahaz sinned, the Lord his God let the king of Syria defeat him and take a large number of Judeans back to Damascus as prisoners. The Lord also let the king of Israel, Pekah son of Remaliah, defeat Ahaz and kill 120,000 of the bravest Judean soldiers in one day. The Lord, the God of their ancestors, permitted this to happen, because the people of Judah had abandoned him.

Psalm 107:34

He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

Psalm 107:39

When God's people were defeated and humiliated by cruel oppression and suffering,

Psalm 109:11

May his creditors take away all his property, and may strangers get everything he worked for.

Isaiah 1:8

Jerusalem alone is left, a city under siege—as defenseless as a guard's hut in a vineyard or a shed in a cucumber field.

Isaiah 3:8

Yes, Jerusalem is doomed! Judah is collapsing! Everything they say and do is against the Lord; they openly insult God himself.

Isaiah 34:9

The rivers of Edom will turn into tar, and the soil will turn into sulfur. The whole country will burn like tar.

Isaiah 49:19

“Your country was ruined and desolate— but now it will be too small for those who are coming to live there. And those who left you in ruins will be far removed from you.

Isaiah 5:17

In the ruins of the cities lambs will eat grass and young goats will find pasture.

Isaiah 5:9

I have heard the Lord Almighty say, “All these big, fine houses will be empty ruins.

Isaiah 6:11

I asked, “How long will it be like this, Lord?” He answered, “Until the cities are ruined and empty—until the houses are uninhabited—until the land itself is a desolate wasteland.

Isaiah 60:15

“You will no longer be forsaken and hated, A city deserted and desolate. I will make you great and beautiful, A place of joy forever and ever.

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord has made a solemn promise, And by his power he will carry it out: “Your grain will no longer be food for your enemies, And foreigners will no longer drink your wine.

Isaiah 64:10

Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin,

Isaiah 9:18

The wickedness of the people burns like a fire that destroys thorn bushes and thistles. It burns like a forest fire that sends up columns of smoke.

Isaiah 9:5

The boots of the invading army and all their bloodstained clothing will be destroyed by fire.

Jeremiah 2:15

They have roared at him like lions; they have made his land a desert, and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.

Jeremiah 4:7

Like a lion coming from its hiding place, a destroyer of nations has set out. He is coming to destroy Judah. The cities of Judah will be left in ruins, and no one will live in them.

Jeremiah 44:6

So I poured out my anger and fury on the towns of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem, and I set them on fire. They were left in ruins and became a horrifying sight, as they are today.

Jeremiah 6:8

People of Jerusalem, let these troubles be a warning to you, or else I will abandon you; I will turn your city into a desert, a place where no one lives.”

Jeremiah 7:34

The land will become a desert. In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the happy sounds of wedding feasts.

Lamentations 5:2

Our property is in the hands of strangers; foreigners are living in our homes.

Ezekiel 25:4

Because you were glad, I will let the tribes from the eastern desert conquer you. They will set up their camps in your country and settle there. They will eat the fruit and drink the milk that should have been yours.

Ezekiel 30:12

I will dry up the Nile and put Egypt under the power of evil people. Foreigners will devastate the whole country. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Hosea 7:9

and do not realize that this reliance on foreigners has robbed them of their strength. Their days are numbered, but they don't even know it.

Hosea 8:7

When they sow the wind, they will reap a storm! A field of grain that doesn't ripen can never produce any bread. But even if it did, foreigners would eat it up.

Leviticus 26:33

I will bring war on you and scatter you in foreign lands. Your land will be deserted, and your cities left in ruins.

Leviticus 26:34

Then the land will enjoy the years of complete rest that you would not give it; it will lie abandoned and get its rest while you are in exile in the land of your enemies.

Micah 5:11

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

Micah 6:13

So I have already begun your ruin and destruction because of your sins.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow, while you receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment.

Deuteronomy 28:43

“Foreigners who live in your land will gain more and more power, while you gradually lose yours.

Deuteronomy 29:23

The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed when he was furiously angry.