Isaiah 27:10

New International Reader's Version

Cities that have high walls around them will become empty. They will be settlements with no one in them. They will be like a desert. Calves will eat and lie down in them. They will strip bare the branches of their trees.

Cross References

Isaiah 17:2

The cities of Aroer will be deserted. They will be left to the flocks that lie down there. No one will make them afraid.

Isaiah 17:9

At that time the strong cities in Israel will be deserted. They will be as they were when the Israelites drove the Canaanites away. They will be like places that are taken over by bushes and weeds. The whole land will become dry and empty.

Isaiah 24:10

Destroyed cities will lie empty. People will lock themselves inside their houses.

Isaiah 25:2

You have turned cities into piles of trash. You have pulled down the high walls that were around them. You have destroyed our enemies’ forts. They will never be rebuilt.

Isaiah 32:19

Hail might strip the forests bare. Cities might be completely destroyed.

Isaiah 35:1

The desert and the dry ground will be glad. The dry places will be full of joy. Flowers will grow there. Like the first crocus in the spring,

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say to yourself, ‘Whose children are these? I lost my children. And I couldn’t have any more. My children were taken far away from me. And no one wanted them. Who brought these children up? I was left all alone. So where have these children come from?’ ”

Isaiah 64:10

Your sacred cities have become a desert. Even Zion is a desert. Jerusalem is a dry and empty place.

Isaiah 7:21

At that time a person may only be able to keep alive one young cow and two goats.

Isaiah 7:25

All the hills used to be plowed with hoes. But you won’t go there anymore. That’s because you will be afraid of the thorns and bushes. Cattle will be turned loose on those hills. Sheep will also run there.

Jeremiah 25:37

Their peaceful meadows will be completely destroyed because of the Lord’s great anger.

Jeremiah 26:18

“Micah from Moresheth prophesied. It was during the time Hezekiah was king over Judah. Micah spoke to all the people of Judah. He told them, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “ ‘ “Zion will be plowed up like a field. Jerusalem will be turned into a pile of trash. The temple hill will be covered with bushes and weeds.” ’ (Micah 3:12)

Jeremiah 26:6

So I will make this house like Shiloh. All the nations on earth will use the name of this city in a curse.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 52:27

There the king had them put to death. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah were taken as prisoners. They were taken far away from their own land.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion are empty. No one travels to her appointed feasts. All the public places near her gates are deserted. Her priests groan. Her young women are sad. And Zion herself weeps bitterly.

Lamentations 5:18

Mount Zion has been deserted. Wild dogs are prowling all around on it.

Ezekiel 36:4

Mountains of Israel, listen to the message of the Lord and King. He speaks to you mountains, hills, canyons and valleys. He speaks to you destroyed cities and deserted towns. The rest of the nations around you took away from you everything of value. They made fun of you.

Micah 3:12

So because of what you have done, Zion will be plowed up like a field. Jerusalem will be turned into a pile of trash. The temple hill will be covered with bushes and weeds.