Isaiah 6:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then I asked, “Lord, how long should I do this?” He answered, “Do this until the cities are destroyed and all the people are gone. Do this until there is no one left living in the houses and the land is destroyed and empty.”

Cross References

Isaiah 1:7

Your land is in ruins, and your cities are in flames. Your enemies have taken your land, and foreigners are taking what it produces. It looks like some foreigners destroyed it.

Psalm 94:3

Lord, how long will the wicked have their fun? How much longer?

Isaiah 3:26

There will be crying and sadness in the meeting places by the city gates. Jerusalem will sit there empty, like a woman who has lost everything to thieves and robbers and now just sits on the ground and cries.

Psalm 90:13

Lord, come back to us. Be kind to your servants.

Leviticus 26:31

I will destroy your cities. I will make your holy places empty. I will stop smelling your offerings.

Psalm 79:5

Lord, will you be angry with us forever? Will your strong feelings continue to burn like a fire?

Psalm 74:10

God, how much longer will the enemy make fun of us? Will you let them insult your name forever?

Isaiah 3:8

This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen. They turned against the Lord. They said and did things against him, right in front of his glorious eyes.

Isaiah 5:9

I heard the Lord All-Powerful make this oath: “I swear, all these houses will be destroyed. These big, fancy houses will be empty.

Isaiah 13:12

There will be only a few people left. They will be as rare as pure gold.

Isaiah 32:14

People will leave the capital city. The palace and towers will be left empty. People will not live in houses—they will live in caves. Wild donkeys and sheep will live in the city—animals will go there to eat grass.

Isaiah 35:1

The dry desert will rejoice. The desert will be glad and blossom.

Isaiah 60:15

“People hated you. You were left all alone with no one passing through. But I will make you great from now on. You will be happy forever and ever.

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities are as empty as the desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is destroyed.

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has come out of his cave. A destroyer of nations has begun to march. He has left his home to destroy your land. Your towns will be destroyed. There will be no one left to live in them.

Jeremiah 22:6

This is what the Lord says about the palace where the king of Judah lives: “The palace is tall like the forests of Gilead, like the mountains of Lebanon. But I will make it like a desert, as empty as a city where no one lives.

Jeremiah 44:2

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘You people saw the disasters that I brought on the city of Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. The towns are empty piles of stones today.

Ezekiel 6:6

Bad things will happen wherever your people live. Their cities will become piles of rock. Their high places will be destroyed so that those places of worship will never be used again. The altars will all be destroyed. People will never worship those filthy idols again. The incense altars will be smashed. Everything you made will be destroyed completely.

Daniel 8:13

Then I heard two holy ones talking with each other. One of them asked the other one, who had been speaking, “How long will the things in this vision last—the stopping of the daily sacrifices, the sin that destroys, and the trampling down of the holy place and heaven’s army?”

Micah 2:4

Then people will sing songs about you. They will sing this sad song: ‘We are ruined! The Lord took away our land and gave it to other people. Yes, he took my land away from me. He has divided our fields among our enemies.

Micah 5:11

I will destroy the cities in your country. I will pull down all your fortresses.

Micah 6:13

So I have begun to punish you. I will destroy you because of your sins.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and destroy you. Your land will become empty, and your cities will be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 28:62

You might have as many people as the stars in the sky. But only a few of you will be left, because you did not listen to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:63

“The Lord was happy to be good to you and to make your nation grow. In the same way the Lord will be happy to ruin and destroy you. You are going to take that land to be yours. But people will take you out of that land!

Micah 7:13

The land was ruined by the people who lived there and by what they did.