Isaiah 25:2

New Century Version

You have made the city a pile of rocks and have destroyed her walls. The city our enemies built with strong walls is gone; it will never be built again.

Cross References

Job 12:14

What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; anyone he puts in prison cannot be let out.

Isaiah 13:20

No one will ever live there or settle there again. No Arab will put a tent there; no shepherd will bring sheep there.

Isaiah 13:21

Only desert animals will live there, and their houses will be full of wild dogs. Owls will live there, and wild goats will leap about in the houses.

Isaiah 13:22

Wolves will howl within the strong walls, and wild dogs will bark in the beautiful buildings. The end of Babylon is near; its time is almost over.”

Isaiah 14:23

“I will make Babylon fit only for owls and for swamps. I will sweep Babylon as with a broom of destruction,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Isaiah 17:1

This is a message about Damascus: “The city of Damascus will be destroyed; only ruins will remain.

Isaiah 17:3

The strong, walled cities of Israel will be destroyed. The government in Damascus will end. Those left alive of Aram will be like the glory of Israel,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Isaiah 21:9

Look, I see a man coming in a chariot with a team of horses.” The man gives back the answer, “Babylon has fallen. It has fallen! All the statues of her gods lie broken on the ground.”

Isaiah 23:11

The Lord has stretched his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble. He commands that Canaan’s strong, walled cities be destroyed.

Isaiah 23:13

Look at the land of the Babylonians; it is not a country now. Assyria has made it a place for wild animals. Assyria built towers to attack it; the soldiers took all the treasures from its cities, and they turned it into ruins.

Isaiah 24:10

The ruined city will be empty, and people will hide behind closed doors.

Isaiah 25:12

Moab’s high walls protect them, but God will destroy these walls. He will throw them down to the ground, even to the dust.

Isaiah 26:5

He will destroy the proud city, and he will punish the people living there. He will bring that high city down to the ground and throw it down into the dust.

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 32:14

The palace will be empty; people will leave the noisy city. Strong cities and towers will be empty. Wild donkeys will love to live there, and sheep will go there to eat.

Isaiah 32:19

Hail will destroy the forest, and the city will be completely destroyed.

Isaiah 34:13

Thorns will take over the strong towers, and wild bushes will grow in the walled cities. It will be a home for wild dogs and a place for owls to live.

Isaiah 37:26

“ ‘King of Assyria, surely you have heard. Long ago I, the Lord, planned these things. Long ago I designed them, and now I have made them happen. I allowed you to turn those strong, walled cities into piles of rocks.

Jeremiah 51:26

People will not find any rocks in Babylon big enough for cornerstones. People will not take any rocks from Babylon to use for the foundation of a building, because your city will be just a pile of ruins forever,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:11

“I, the Lord, will make the city of Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a home for wild dogs. I will destroy the cities of Judah so no one can live there.”

Deuteronomy 13:16

Gather up everything those people owned, and put it in the middle of the city square. Then completely burn the city and everything they owned as a burnt offering to the Lord your God. That city should never be rebuilt; let it be ruined forever.

Revelation 18:19

And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and being sad. They said: “Terrible! How terrible for the great city! All the people who had ships on the sea became rich because of her wealth! But she has been destroyed in one hour!