Isaiah 6:11-12
New American Standard Bible 1995
11 Then I said, “Lord, (A)how long?” And He answered,
“Until (B)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
12 “The Lord has (C)removed men far away,
And the [a](D)forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:12 Or forsakenness will be great
Isaiah 27:10
New American Standard Bible 1995
10 For the fortified city is (A)isolated,
A [a]homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert;
(B)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [b]feed on its branches.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
- Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume
Isaiah 32:13-14
New American Standard Bible 1995
13 (A)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the (B)jubilant city.
14 Because (C)the palace has been abandoned, the [a]populated (D)city forsaken.
[b]Hill and watch-tower have become (E)caves forever,
A delight for (F)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
- Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel
Jeremiah 13:19
New American Standard Bible 1995
19 The (A)cities of the Negev have been locked up,
And there is no one to open them;
All (B)Judah has been carried into exile,
Wholly carried into exile.
Jeremiah 20:4
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 For thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am going to make you a (A)terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while (B)your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will (C)give over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as (D)exiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword.
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Jeremiah 25:9-11
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9 behold, I will (A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will [a]utterly destroy them and (C)make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. 10 Moreover, I will [b](D)take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the (E)sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 (F)This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon (G)seventy years.
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- Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban
- Jeremiah 25:10 Lit cause to perish
Jeremiah 39:9
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the [a](A)deserters who had gone over to him and (B)the rest of the people who remained, (C)Nebuzaradan the (D)captain of the bodyguard carried them into exile in Babylon.
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- Jeremiah 39:9 Lit fallers who had fallen
Ezekiel 33:28
New American Standard Bible 1995
28 I will (A)make the land a desolation and a waste, and the (B)pride of her power will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through.
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Micah 4:10
New American Standard Bible 1995
10 “(A)Writhe and labor to give birth,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will (B)go out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
(C)There you will be rescued;
(D)There the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
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