Isaiah 24:1

New Century Version

Look! The Lord will destroy the earth and leave it empty; he will ruin the surface of the land and scatter its people.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem, and the plumb line used against Ahab’s family will be used on Jerusalem. I will wipe out Jerusalem as a person wipes a dish and turns it upside down.

Nehemiah 1:8

“Remember what you taught your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects the foreigners. He defends the orphans and widows, but he blocks the way of the wicked.

Isaiah 13:13

I will make the sky shake, and the earth will be moved from its place by the anger of the Lord All-Powerful at the time of his burning anger.

Isaiah 13:5

This army is coming from a faraway land, from the edge of the horizon. In anger the Lord is using this army like a weapon to destroy the whole country.

Isaiah 2:19

People will run to caves in the rocky cliffs and will dig holes and hide in the ground from the anger of the Lord and his great power, when he stands to shake the earth.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth will be broken up; the earth will split open; the earth will shake violently.

Isaiah 24:20

The earth will stumble around like someone who is drunk; it will shake like a hut in a storm. Its sin is like a heavy weight on its back; it will fall and never rise again.

Isaiah 27:10

At that time the strong, walled city will be empty like a desert. Calves will eat grass there. They will lie down there and eat leaves from the branches.

Isaiah 29:16

You are confused. You think the clay is equal to the potter. You think that an object can tell the one who made it, “You didn’t make me.” This is like a pot telling its maker, “You don’t know anything.”

Isaiah 29:2

I will attack Jerusalem, and that city will be filled with sadness and crying. It will be like an altar to me.

Isaiah 30:32

When the Lord punishes Assyria with a rod, he will beat them to the music of tambourines and harps; he will fight against them with his mighty weapons.

Isaiah 32:12

Beat your breasts in grief, because the fields that were pleasant are now empty. Cry, because the vines that once had fruit now have no more grapes.

Isaiah 33:9

The land is sick and dying; Lebanon is ashamed and dying. The Plain of Sharon is dry like the desert, and the trees of Bashan and Carmel are dying.

Isaiah 34:10

The fires will burn night and day; the smoke will rise from Edom forever. Year after year that land will be empty; no one will ever travel through that land again.

Isaiah 34:2

The Lord is angry with all the nations; he is angry with their armies. He will destroy them and kill them all.

Isaiah 42:15

I will destroy the hills and mountains and dry up all their plants. I will make the rivers become dry land and dry up the pools of water.

Isaiah 5:6

I will ruin my field. It will not be trimmed or hoed, and weeds and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Jeremiah 4:7

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

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah. He said, “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know anything about it. We should not let Ishmael kill you. Then all the Jews gathered around you would be scattered to different countries again, and the few people of Judah who are left alive would be lost.”

Jeremiah 50:17

“The people of Israel are like a flock of sheep that are scattered from being chased by lions. The first lion to eat them up was the king of Assyria. The last lion to crush their bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 51:34

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has defeated and destroyed us. In the past he took our people away, and we became like an empty jar. He was like a giant snake that swallowed us. He filled his stomach with our best things. Then he spit us out.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them through other nations that they and their ancestors never knew about. I will chase the people of Judah with the sword until they are all killed.”

Ezekiel 12:20

The cities where people live will become ruins, and the land will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 24:11

Then set the empty pot on the coals so it may become hot and its copper sides glow. The dirty scum stuck inside it may then melt and its rust burn away.

Ezekiel 35:14

This is what the Lord God says: All the earth will be happy when I make you an empty ruin.

Ezekiel 5:14

“I will make you a ruin and a shame among the nations around you, to be seen by all who pass by.

Ezekiel 5:2

Burn one-third with fire in the middle of the city when the days of the attack on Jerusalem are over. Then take one-third and cut it up with the knife all around the city. And scatter one-third to the wind. This is how I will chase them with a sword.

Ezekiel 6:14

I will use my power against them to make the land empty and wasted from the desert to Diblah, wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 6:6

In all the places you live, cities will become empty. The places of idol worship will be ruined; your altars will become lonely ruins. Your idols will be broken and brought to an end. Your incense altars will be cut down, and the things you made will be wiped out.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come; the day has arrived. Don’t let the buyer be happy or the seller be sad, because my burning anger is against the whole crowd.

Ezekiel 7:14

They have blown the trumpet, and everything is ready. But no one is going to the battle, because my anger is against all that crowd.

Nahum 1:5

The mountains shake in front of him, and the hills melt. The earth trembles when he comes; the world and all who live in it shake with fear.

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is robbed, ruined, and destroyed. The people lose their courage, and their knees knock. Stomachs ache, and everyone’s face grows pale.

Luke 21:24

They will be killed by the sword and taken as prisoners to all nations. Jerusalem will be crushed by non-Jewish people until their time is over.

Acts 17:6

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers to the leaders of the city. The people were yelling, “These people have made trouble everywhere in the world, and now they have come here too!

Deuteronomy 28:64

Then the Lord will scatter you among the nations—from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone, gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I will scatter them as I said, and no one will remember them.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the other nations. Only a few of you will be left alive, and those few will be in other nations where the Lord will send you.

James 1:1

From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To all of God’s people who are scattered everywhere in the world: Greetings.