Jeremiah 9:11

New Century Version

“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.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:2

He said to his friends and those with power in Samaria, “What are these weak Jews doing? Will they rebuild the wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in one day? Can they bring stones back to life from piles of trash and ashes?”

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise will remember these things and will think about the love of the Lord.

Psalm 44:19

But you crushed us in this place where wild dogs live, and you covered us with deep darkness.

Psalm 79:1

God, nations have come against your chosen people. They have ruined your holy Temple. They have turned Jerusalem into ruins.

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 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 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 44:26

I make the messages of my servants come true; I make the advice of my messengers come true. I say to Jerusalem, ‘People will live in you again!’ I say to the towns of Judah, ‘You will be built again!’ I say to Jerusalem’s ruins, ‘I will repair you.’

Jeremiah 1:15

In a short time I will call all of the people in the northern kingdoms,” said the Lord. “Those kings will come and set up their thrones near the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the city walls around Jerusalem and all the cities in Judah.

Jeremiah 10:22

Listen! The news is coming. A loud noise comes from the north to make the towns of Judah an empty desert and a home for wild dogs!

Jeremiah 16:10

“When you tell the people of Judah these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the Lord said these terrible things to us? What have we done wrong? What sin have we done against the Lord our God?’

Jeremiah 25:11

That whole area will be an empty desert, and these nations will be slaves of the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Jeremiah 25:18

I served this wine to the people of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and the kings and officers of Judah, so they would become a ruin. Then people would be shocked and would insult them and speak evil of them. And so it has been to this day.

Jeremiah 26:18

“Micah, from the city of Moresheth, was a prophet during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. Micah said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: Jerusalem will be plowed like a field. It will become a pile of rocks, and the hill where the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.’

Jeremiah 26:9

How dare you prophesy in the name of the Lord that this Temple will be destroyed like the one at Shiloh! How dare you say that Jerusalem will become a desert without anyone to live in it!” And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the Temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 34:22

I will give the order, says the Lord, to bring the Babylonian army back to Jerusalem. It will fight against Jerusalem, capture it, set it on fire, and burn it down. I will destroy the towns in Judah so that they become ruins where no one lives!”

Jeremiah 4:27

This is what the Lord says: “All the land will be ruined, but I will not completely destroy it.

Jeremiah 44:2

“The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: You saw all the terrible things I brought on Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, which are ruins today with no one living in them.

Jeremiah 49:33

“The city of Hazor will become a home for wild dogs; it will be an empty desert forever. No one will live there, and no one will stay in it.”

Jeremiah 50:3

A nation from the north will attack Babylon and make it like an empty desert. No one will live there; both people and animals will run away.”

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will become a pile of ruins, a home for wild dogs. People will be shocked by what happened there. No one will live there anymore.

Jeremiah 8:22

Isn’t there balm in the land of Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? So why aren’t the hurts of my people healed?

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Jerusalem are sad, because no one comes for the feasts. No one passes through her gates. Her priests groan, her young women are suffering, and Jerusalem suffers terribly.

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord swallowed up without mercy all the houses of the people of Jacob; in his anger he pulled down the strong places of Judah. He threw her kingdom and its rulers down to the ground in dishonor.

Lamentations 3:47

We have been frightened and fearful, ruined and destroyed.”

Leviticus 26:32

I will make the land empty so that your enemies who come to live in it will be shocked at it.

Micah 1:6

“So I will make Samaria a pile of ruins in the open country, a place for planting vineyards. I will pour her stones down into the valley and strip her down to her foundations.

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.

Micah 6:16

This is because you obey the laws of King Omri and do all the things that Ahab’s family does; you follow their advice. So I will let you be destroyed. The people in your city will be laughed at, and other nations will make fun of you.

Deuteronomy 29:23

“The land is nothing but burning cinders and salt. Nothing is planted, nothing grows, and nothing blooms. It is like Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed because he was very angry.”

Revelation 18:2

He shouted in a powerful voice: “Ruined, ruined is the great city of Babylon! She has become a home for demons and a prison for every evil spirit, and a prison for every unclean bird and unclean beast.