Isaiah 24:12

The Passion Translation

The city is left desolate with her gates battered down.

Cross References

Lamentations 5:18

because Mount Zion lies desolate with jackals roaming over it.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates have collapsed to the ground; he has wrecked and shattered their bars. Her king and leaders are captives among the gentiles, and instruction from the Torah scrolls is no more. Her prophets, too, receive no vision from Yahweh.

Lamentations 1:4

The empty roads to Zion mourn, for no one travels to her sacred feasts anymore. The singing maidens suffer, and the priests can only groan. The city gates stand empty, and Zion can only moan.

Lamentations 1:1

How lonely sits the city once thronged with people! Once great among the nations, she is now lonely like a widow. Once a fair princess ruling among the provinces, now a shackled servant.

Jeremiah 9:11

“I, Yahweh, will turn Jerusalem into rubble, a den of jackals. And I will turn the cities of Judah into ghost towns where no one lives.”

Isaiah 32:14

for the bustling city with its mansions will be deserted. The high ground and watchtower will be empty, becoming the joy of wild donkeys and a grazing ground for flocks.

Matthew 22:7

This infuriated the king! So he sent his soldiers to execute those murderers and had their city burned to the ground.

Isaiah 14:31

Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, Philistia! For a cloud of smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler among them.

Isaiah 32:19

No matter if hail destroys the forest and the city is leveled,

Isaiah 45:2

“ ‘I will march out in front of you and level every obstacle. I will shatter to pieces bronze doors and slice through iron bars.