Deuteronomy 13:16

Modern King James Version

And you shall gather all its spoil into the middle of its street, and shall burn the city with fire, and all its spoil, every bit of it, for Jehovah your God. And it shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.

Cross References

Exodus 22:19

Anyone lying with an animal shall surely be put to death.

Isaiah 17:1

The burden against Damascus: Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a heap of ruins.

Isaiah 25:2

For You have made a heap from a city; a fortified city into a ruin; a citadel of foreigners to be no city; it shall never be built.

Jeremiah 49:2

So, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will cause a shout of war to be heard in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. And it shall be a heap of ruins, and her daughter-villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall inherit his inheritance, says Jehovah.

Ezekiel 26:14

And I will make you like a shining rock. You shall be a place to spread nets on; you shall be built no more; for I Jehovah have spoken, says the Lord Jehovah.

Micah 1:6

And I will make Samaria into ruins of the field, planting places for a vineyard; and I will pour down her stones into the valley, and I will uncover her foundations.

Deuteronomy 7:25

You shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. You shall not desire the silver or gold on them, nor take it for yourself, so that you may not be snared in it. For it is an abomination to Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 7:26

And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, lest you be a cursed thing like it. You shall utterly hate it, and you shall utterly despise it. For it is a cursed thing.

Joshua 6:21

And they completely destroyed all in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Joshua 6:24

And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

Joshua 6:26

And Joshua charged them at that time, saying, Cursed before Jehovah is the man who rises up and builds this city of Jericho. He shall lay the foundation of it in his first-born, and in his youngest son he shall set up the gates of it.

Joshua 8:28

And Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap forever, a ruin to this day.