Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
The palaces
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Bible References
The palaces
Isaiah 5:9
With my own ears I heard Jehovah of Hosts say: Many houses will become empty. Large, beautiful houses will be without people to live in them.
Isaiah 24:1
Jehovah lays the earth waste, annihilates it, disfigures its surface and scatters its inhabitants.
Isaiah 25:2
You have made the city a heap, the mighty city a ruin. The palace of aliens is a city no more. It will never be rebuilt.
Isaiah 27:10
The fortified city stands desolate, abandoned settlements, forsaken like the desert. There the calves will graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
2 Kings 25:9
He had the Temple of Jehovah, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire.
Luke 21:20
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies you will know that desolation is near.
For
Isaiah 13:19
Babylon, the beauty (honor) (glory) of kingdoms, the majesty of Chaldean pride, will be overthrew by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 34:11
Pelicans and herons will take possession of the land. Porcupines and crows will live there. He will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of destruction over it.
Revelation 18:2
He cried out with a strong voice: Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison for every unclean and hateful bird.
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Isaiah 24:12
The city is left in ruins; its gate is battered to pieces.
Jeremiah 25:37
The peaceful pastures are destroyed by Jehovah's burning anger.