Isaiah 32:13

The Passion Translation

Mourn for the soil of my people, for it will grow nothing but thorns and briars. Yes, mourn for all the houses of joy in the joyous city,

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

Or he can take a fruitful land and make it into a saltwater swamp, all because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

Isaiah 22:2

The whole city is in an uproar. What’s happened to the once happy, bustling city? The bodies of the slain litter your streets. They were not slain by the sword on the battlefield but executed.

Isaiah 23:7

Is this your once boisterous city, founded so long ago? Is this the city that once sent settlers over the sea?

Isaiah 23:9

Yahweh, the Commander of Angel Armies, has planned it! His plan is to eliminate the pride of your presumed splendor and to humiliate the honored of the world.

Isaiah 24:11

Riots break out because there is no wine. The sun has set on their gladness and joy; celebrations have disappeared from the earth.

Isaiah 27:10

The fortified city lies in ruins, forsaken and deserted like a wilderness. Cattle graze there and lie down, chewing on twigs and branches.

Isaiah 34:13

Its palaces will be overgrown with thorns, its fortresses with thistles and briars. It will become a haunt for demons and an abode for owls.

Isaiah 5:10

Indeed, even a vast vineyard will produce only a few gallons of wine, and several bushels of seed will produce only a bushel of harvest!”

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland, and no one will cultivate the land. It will grow only weeds and thorns! I will command the clouds and they will not drop their rain upon it!

Isaiah 55:13

Cypress trees will flourish where there were only thorns and myrtle trees instead of briars. These will stand as a testimony to Yahweh’s renown, everlasting signs that will not be cut off.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked, “O Lord, for how long?” He answered, “Until their houses and cities are destroyed and uninhabited and their land a desolate wasteland.

Isaiah 7:23

In that day, the fine vineyards, each with a thousand vines and worth a thousand pieces of silver, will be a wilderness overgrown with weeds, briars, and thorn bushes.

Jeremiah 33:4

For I, Yahweh, God of Israel, have something to say about the houses of this city and the dwellings of the kings of Judah. You have torn them down to be used to defend yourselves against the attack of the Babylonian armies.

Jeremiah 39:8

Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the Babylonians demolished the city walls, and burned down the temple of Yahweh and the king’s royal palace.

Jeremiah 52:27

At Riblah, in the territory of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them executed. And so, the people of Judah were taken into exile.