Isaiah 14:17
who made the world like a desert, who destroyed its cities, who would not open the jails for his prisoners?'
Joel 2:3
"A fire blazes in their presence, and behind them a conflagration rages. Before they come, the land is like the garden in Eden; after they leave, there is only a barren wasteland. Indeed, nothing escapes them.
Isaiah 45:13
"I have aroused him in righteousness, and I'll make all his pathways smooth. It is he who will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price nor reward, " says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
2 Chronicles 28:8-15
The Israelis carried away 200,000 women, sons, and daughters from among their own relatives. They also took a great deal of plunder, and brought it all to Samaria.
Ezra 1:2-4
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA
Isaiah 13:19-22
Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them
Isaiah 58:6
Isn't this the fast that I have been choosing: to loose the bonds of injustice, and to untie the cords of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities have become a desert; Zion has become like a desert, Jerusalem a desolation.
Ezekiel 6:14
I'll stretch out my hands to strike them and send devastation to the land, from the wilderness of Diblah, throughout all their dwelling places. Then they'll know that I am the LORD."
Zephaniah 2:13-14
"And the LORD will attack the north, destroying Assyria. He will turn Nineveh into a desolate ruin, as dry as a desert wilderness.