Isaiah 27:10

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Summary

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

The defenced

There shall the

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Bible References

The defenced

I heard the Lord of Hosts say:

Indeed, many houses will become desolate,
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.

Then I said, “Until when, Lord?” And He replied:

Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,

On that day their strong cities will be
like the abandoned woods and mountaintops
that were abandoned because of the Israelites;
there will be desolation.

For You have turned the city into a pile of rocks,
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city;
it will never be rebuilt.

Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.

I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an object of cursing for all the nations of the earth.”

ד DaletThe roads to Zion mourn,
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.

ה HeThe Lord is like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all its palaces
and destroyed its fortified cities.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
within Daughter Judah.

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate
and has jackals prowling in it.

therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the hill of the temple mount
will be a thicket.

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.

There shall the

You will not go to all the hills
that were once tilled with a hoe,
for fear of the thorns and briers.
Those hills will be places for oxen to graze
and for sheep to trample.

The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
they will be places for flocks.
They will lie down without fear.

for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.

General references

On that day their strong cities will be
like the abandoned woods and mountaintops
that were abandoned because of the Israelites;
there will be desolation.

Peaceful grazing land will become lifeless
because of the Lord’s burning anger.

I will bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you were scattered, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath.

I will tend My flock and let them lie down.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.