Isaiah 32:14

New International Version

The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

Cross References

2 Kings 25:9

He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

2 Chronicles 33:14

Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

Nehemiah 3:26

and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.

Psalm 104:11

They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Isaiah 22:2

you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.

Isaiah 24:10

The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.

Isaiah 24:12

The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.

Isaiah 25:2

You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

Isaiah 27:10

The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

Isaiah 3:26

The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Isaiah 5:9

The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I said, “For how long, Lord?” And he answered: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged,

Isaiah 7:23

In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food.”

Jeremiah 33:4

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the houses in this city and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used against the siege ramps and the sword

Jeremiah 52:27

There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.

Jeremiah 6:5

So arise, let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses!”

Hosea 2:3

Otherwise I will strip her naked and make her as bare as on the day she was born; I will make her like a desert, turn her into a parched land, and slay her with thirst.

Micah 3:12

Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.

Zephaniah 2:15

This is the city of revelry that lived in safety. She said to herself, “I am the one! And there is none besides me.” What a ruin she has become, a lair for wild beasts! All who pass by her scoff and shake their fists.

Zephaniah 2:7

That land will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah; there they will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will care for them; he will restore their fortunes.

Luke 21:20

“When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.

Luke 21:24

They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.