Isaiah 32:13
and over the land of my people overgrown with thorns and briers yes, over all the houses of merriment and over this city of revelry.
Isaiah 22:2
you who are full of commotion, you passionate city, you rollicking town? Your slain weren't killed by the sword, nor are they dead in battle.
Isaiah 7:23
"At that time, every place where once there were a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briars and thorns will grow.
Isaiah 34:13
Thorns will grow over its palaces, nettles and brambles its fortresses. It will become a haunt for jackals, a home for ostriches.
Hosea 9:6
Look! They have gone away because of the destruction Egypt will gather them up, and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will overgrow their inheritance, and thorns will grow in their tents.
Psalm 107:34
and a fruitful land into a salty waste, due to the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Isaiah 5:6
I'll make it a wasteland, and it won't be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I'll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it."
Isaiah 6:11
Then I asked, "For how long, LORD?" He replied: "Until cities lie waste, without inhabitants, and houses without people; and the land becomes utterly desolate.
Isaiah 22:12-13
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
Jeremiah 39:8
The Chaldeans burned the palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Hosea 10:8
Destroyed will be the high places of Aven, that are the sin of Israel. Both thorn and thistle will grow up over their altars. They will call out to the mountains, "Cover us!' and to the hills, "Fall on us!'
Revelation 18:7-8
Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'