Isaiah 1:7


Your land lies desolate [because of your disobedience],
Your cities are burned with fire,
Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your very presence;
It is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Leviticus 26:34

‘Then the land [of Israel] will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,

“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
And houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your land and all the products of your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and exploited and crushed continually.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.

Deuteronomy 28:48-52

you will therefore serve your enemies whom the Lord sends against you, in hunger and in thirst, in nakedness and in lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke [of slavery] on your neck until He has destroyed you.

2 Chronicles 28:5

Therefore the Lord his God handed over Ahaz to the king of Aram (Syria), who defeated him and led away a great number [of the people] as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck Judah with a great slaughter.

2 Chronicles 28:16-21

At that time King Ahaz sent word to the king of Assyria [to ask him] for help.

Psalm 107:34


A productive land into a [barren] salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

Psalm 107:39


When they are diminished and bowed down (humbled)
Through oppression, misery, and sorrow,

Isaiah 5:5-6


“So now let me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will take away its thorn-hedge, and it will be burned up;
I will break down its stone wall and it will be trampled down [by enemies].

Isaiah 5:9


In my ears the Lord of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,
Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.

Isaiah 5:17


Then the lambs will graze [among the ruins] as in their own pasture,
And strangers will eat in the desolate places of the [exiled] wealthy.

Isaiah 9:5


For every boot of the marching warrior in the battle tumult,
And [every soldier’s] garment rolled in blood, will be used for burning, fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 24:10-12


The city of chaos is broken down;
Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.

Isaiah 34:9


The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.

Jeremiah 2:15


“The young lions have roared at him,
They have made their voices heard and roared loudly.
And they have made his land a waste;
His cities have been destroyed and are burned ruins, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 6:8


“Be wise and be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or I will be alienated from you,
And make you a desolation,
An uninhabited land.”

Lamentations 5:2


Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
Our houses to foreigners.

Ezekiel 30:12


“And I will make the rivers [of the Nile delta] dry
And sell the land into the hands of evil men;
I will make the land desolate
And all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers. I the Lord have spoken.”

Hosea 7:9


Strangers have devoured his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know.

Hosea 8:7


For they sow the wind [in evil]
And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].
The standing grain has no growth;
It yields no grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Bible References

Country

Isaiah 5:5

“So now let me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will take away its thorn-hedge, and it will be burned up;
I will break down its stone wall and it will be trampled down [by enemies].
Isaiah 6:11
Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,

“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
And houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
Isaiah 24:10

The city of chaos is broken down;
Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
Leviticus 26:34
‘Then the land [of Israel] will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Deuteronomy 28:51
and it will eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who will leave you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the offspring of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.
2 Chronicles 28:5
Therefore the Lord his God handed over Ahaz to the king of Aram (Syria), who defeated him and led away a great number [of the people] as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck Judah with a great slaughter.
Psalm 107:34

A productive land into a [barren] salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Jeremiah 6:8

“Be wise and be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or I will be alienated from you,
And make you a desolation,
An uninhabited land.”

Burned

Isaiah 9:5

For every boot of the marching warrior in the battle tumult,
And [every soldier’s] garment rolled in blood, will be used for burning, fuel for the fire.
Isaiah 34:9

The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
Jeremiah 2:15

“The young lions have roared at him,
They have made their voices heard and roared loudly.
And they have made his land a waste;
His cities have been destroyed and are burned ruins, without inhabitant.

Strangers

Isaiah 5:17

Then the lambs will graze [among the ruins] as in their own pasture,
And strangers will eat in the desolate places of the [exiled] wealthy.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your land and all the products of your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and exploited and crushed continually.
Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
Our houses to foreigners.
Ezekiel 30:12

“And I will make the rivers [of the Nile delta] dry
And sell the land into the hands of evil men;
I will make the land desolate
And all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers. I the Lord have spoken.”
Hosea 7:9

Strangers have devoured his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know.
Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind [in evil]
And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].
The standing grain has no growth;
It yields no grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

General references

Numbers 31:10
They burned all the cities where they lived, and all their encampments with fire.
Deuteronomy 28:52
They will besiege you in all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land; and they will besiege you in all your cities throughout your land which the Lord your God has given you.
Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities have become a wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
Our houses to foreigners.