Isaiah 25:2

New American Bible - revised edition

For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin, The castle of the insolent, a city no more, not ever to be rebuilt.

Cross References

Job 12:14

If he knocks a thing down, there is no rebuilding; if he imprisons, there is no release.

Isaiah 13:20

It shall never be inhabited, nor dwelt in, from age to age; Arabians shall not pitch their tents there, nor shepherds rest their flocks there.

Isaiah 13:21

But desert demons shall rest there and owls shall fill the houses; There ostriches shall dwell, and satyrs shall dance.

Isaiah 13:22

Wild dogs shall dwell in its castles, and jackals in its luxurious palaces. Its time is near at hand and its days shall not be prolonged.

Isaiah 14:23

I will make it a haunt of hoot owls and a marshland; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, oracle of the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 17:1

Oracle on Damascus: See, Damascus shall cease to be a city and become a pile of ruins;

Isaiah 17:3

The fortress shall vanish from Ephraim and dominion from Damascus; The remnant of Aram shall become like the glory of the Israelites— oracle of the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 21:9

Here he comes— a single chariot, a pair of horses— He calls out and says, ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods are smashed to the ground!’”

Isaiah 23:11

His hand he stretches out over the sea, he shakes kingdoms; The Lord commanded the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds:

Isaiah 23:13

Look at the land of the Chaldeans, the people that has ceased to be. Assyria founded it for ships, raised its towers, Only to tear down its palaces, and turn it into a ruin.

Isaiah 24:10

Broken down is the city of chaos, every house is shut against entry.

Isaiah 25:12

The high-walled fortress he will raze, bringing it low, leveling it to the ground, to the very dust.

Isaiah 26:5

He humbles those who dwell on high, the lofty city he brings down, Brings it down to the ground, levels it to the dust.

Isaiah 27:10

For the fortified city shall be desolate, an abandoned pasture, a forsaken wilderness; There calves shall graze, there they shall lie down, and consume its branches.

Isaiah 32:14

The castle will be forsaken, the noisy city deserted; Citadel and tower will become wasteland forever, the joy of wild donkeys, the pasture of flocks;

Isaiah 32:19

And the forest will come down completely, the city will be utterly laid low.

Isaiah 34:13

Its castles shall be overgrown with thorns, its fortresses with thistles and briers. It shall become an abode for jackals, a haunt for ostriches.

Isaiah 37:26

Have you not heard? A long time ago I prepared it, from days of old I planned it, Now I have brought it about: You are here to reduce fortified cities to heaps of ruins,

Jeremiah 51:26

They will not take from you a cornerstone, or a foundation stone; You shall remain ruins forever— oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:11

Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it! Why is the land ravaged, scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?

Deuteronomy 13:16

you shall put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, placing the city and all that is in it, even its livestock, under the ban.

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning: “Alas, alas, great city, in which all who had ships at sea grew rich from her wealth. In one hour she has been ruined.