Isaiah 32:13

New Century Version

Cry for the land of my people, in which only thorns and weeds now grow. Cry for the city that once was happy and for all the houses that once were filled with joy.

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

He made fertile land salty, because the people there did evil.

Isaiah 22:2

This city was a very busy city, full of noise and wild parties. Now your people have been killed, but not with swords, nor did they die in battle.

Isaiah 23:7

Look at your once happy city! Look at your old, old city! People from that city have traveled far away to live.

Isaiah 23:9

It was the Lord All-Powerful who planned this. He decided to make these proud people unimportant; he decided to disgrace those who were greatly respected.

Isaiah 24:11

People in the streets will ask for wine, but joy will have turned to sadness; all the happiness will have left.

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 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 5:10

At that time a ten-acre vineyard will make only six gallons of wine, and ten bushels of seed will grow only half a bushel of grain.”

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.”

Isaiah 55:13

Large cypress trees will grow where thornbushes were. Myrtle trees will grow where weeds were. These things will be a reminder of the Lord’s promise, and this reminder will never be destroyed.”

Isaiah 6:11

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

Isaiah 7:23

In this land there are now vineyards that have a thousand grapevines, which are worth about twenty-five pounds of silver. But these fields will become full of weeds and thorns.

Jeremiah 33:4

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the houses in Jerusalem and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used in defense of the attack by the Babylonian army:

Jeremiah 39:8

The Babylonians set fire to the palace and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:27

There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them killed. So the people of Judah were led away from their country as captives.

Hosea 10:8

The places of false worship will be destroyed, the places where Israel sins. Thorns and weeds will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Hosea 2:3

If she refuses, I will strip her naked and leave her bare like the day she was born. I will make her dry like a desert, like a land without water, and I will kill her with thirst.

Hosea 9:6

Even if the people are not destroyed, Egypt will capture them; Memphis will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures, and thorns will drive them out of their tents.