Isaiah 6:11-12
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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)completely removed people,
And there [a]are many (D)forsaken places in the midst of the land.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:12 Or forsakenness will be great
Isaiah 27:10
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10 For the fortified city is (A)isolated,
A [a]homestead deserted and abandoned 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
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13 (A)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (B)jubilant city.
14 For (C)the palace has been neglected, the [a]populated (D)city abandoned.
[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
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19 The (A)cities of the Negev have been locked up,
And there is no one to open them;
All (B)Judah has been taken into exile,
Wholly taken into exile.
Jeremiah 20:4
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4 For this is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to make you a (A)horror 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)hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will take them away as (D)exiles to Babylon and will kill 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 surrounding nations; and I will [a]completely destroy them and (C)make them an object of horror and [b]hissing, and an everlasting place of ruins. 10 Moreover, I will (D)eliminate from them the voice of jubilation and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the (E)sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 (F)This entire land will be a place of ruins and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for (G)seventy years.
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- Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban
- Jeremiah 25:9 Or whistling
Jeremiah 39:9
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9 And as for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the (A)deserters who had deserted to him and (B)the rest of the people who remained, (C)Nebuzaradan the (D)captain of the bodyguard took them into exile in Babylon.
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Ezekiel 33:28
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28 And I will (A)make the land a desolation and a waste, and the (B)pride of her power will be brought to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be deserted so that no one will pass through.
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Micah 4:10
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10 (A)Writhe and scream,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will (B)go out of the city,
Live 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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