Ezekiel 12:20

Ezekiel Dramatizes Israel's Anxiety

¹⁹ Then say to the people of the land, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in fright, for their land will be stripped bare of all it contains because of the violence of all who live in it. ²⁰ The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'" ²¹ The word of the Lord came to me:

I Am the Lord

Know that I Am the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 7:23-24

At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers.

Jeremiah 4:7

Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

Jeremiah 25:9

So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment.

Isaiah 24:12

The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble.

Isaiah 64:10-11

Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.

Jeremiah 4:23-29

"I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

Jeremiah 12:10-12

Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland.

Jeremiah 16:9

For I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, tell you what will happen. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.'"

Jeremiah 19:11

Tell them the Lord who rules over all says, 'I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter's vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.'

Jeremiah 24:8-10

"I, the Lord, also solemnly assert: 'King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people who remain in Jerusalem or who have gone to live in Egypt are like those bad figs. I consider them to be just like those bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.

Jeremiah 34:22

For I, the Lord, affirm that I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them."'"

Lamentations 5:18

For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

Ezekiel 15:6

"Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire -- so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.

Ezekiel 15:8

I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord."

Daniel 9:17

"So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake.