Isaiah 32:14

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord and the palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building was burned.

2 Chronicles 33:14

After that happened, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of Jerusalem and made it higher. It was in the valley on the west side of the Gihon spring and went to the entrance of the Fish Gate and around the hill of Ophel. Then he put commanders in all the strong, walled cities in Judah.

Nehemiah 3:26

The Temple servants who lived on the hill of Ophel made repairs as far as a point opposite the Water Gate. They worked toward the east and the tower that extends from the palace.

Psalm 104:11

They water all the wild animals; the wild donkeys come there to drink.

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 24:10

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

Isaiah 24:12

The city will be left in ruins, and its gates will be smashed to pieces.

Isaiah 25:2

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.

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 3:26

There will be crying and sadness near the city gates. Jerusalem will be like a woman who has lost everything and sits on the ground.

Isaiah 5:9

The Lord All-Powerful said this to me: “The fine houses will be destroyed; the large and beautiful houses will be left empty.

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 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills and sniff the wind like wild dogs. But their eyes go blind, because there is no food.”

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 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.

Jeremiah 6:5

So get up! We will attack at night. We will destroy the strong towers of Jerusalem!”

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.

Micah 3:12

Because of you, Jerusalem will be plowed like a field. The city will become a pile of rocks, and the hill on which the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the happy and safe city that thinks there is no one else as strong as it is. But what a ruin it will be, a place where wild animals live. All those who pass by will make fun and shake their fists.

Zephaniah 2:7

It will belong to the descendants of Judah who are left alive. There they will let their sheep eat grass. At night they will sleep in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will pay attention to them and will make their life good again.

Luke 21:20

“When you see armies all around Jerusalem, you will know it will soon be destroyed.

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.