Jeremiah 34:22
I am going to give a command,' declares Jehovah. 'I will bring that army back to this city to attack it, capture it, and burn it down. I will destroy the cities of Judah so that no one will live there.'
Jeremiah 9:11
I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. It will be a gathering place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 39:1-2
In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:8
The Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 33:10
This is what Jehovah says: 'You have said that this place is ruined and that no people or animals live in it. It is true! The cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are deserted. No people or animals live there. But once again you will hear,
Jeremiah 44:22
This very day your land lies in ruins and no one lives in it. It has become a horrifying sight. People use its name as a curse because Jehovah could no longer endure your wicked and evil practices.
Jeremiah 52:7
The enemy broke through the city walls, and all Judah's soldiers fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, they took the road to the plain of Jericho.
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down Jehovah's Temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.
2 Samuel 16:11
David said to Abishai and to all his officials: My own son is trying to kill me. Why should you be surprised at this Benjaminite? Jehovah told him to curse. Leave him alone and let him curse.
2 Kings 24:2-3
Jehovah sent raiding parties of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah as Jehovah predicted through his servants the prophets.
2 Chronicles 36:17
So he had the Babylonian king attack them and execute their best young men in their holy temple. He did not spare the best men or the unmarried women, the old people or the sick people. God handed all of them over to him.
Isaiah 6:11
Then I said: How long, O Jehovah? And He answered: Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, until the houses are deserted and the land is utterly desolate.
Isaiah 10:5-7
How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.
Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded my consecrated ones. I have called my mighty warriors. My proud ones are to express my anger, those who rejoice in my majesty (excellency).
Isaiah 24:12
The city is left in ruins; its gate is battered to pieces.
Isaiah 37:26
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it! And now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
Isaiah 45:1-3
This is WHAT JEHOVAH SAYS ABOUT CYRUS, his anointed one: I have held him by his right hand so he could conquer the nations ahead of him; that he could strip kings of their power, and open doors ahead of him so that the gates would not be shut.
Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is a wasteland.
Jeremiah 4:7
A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place and is on his way to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined. No one will live in them.
Jeremiah 21:4-10
Jehovah the God of Israel says: Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war you control. The weapons you use to make war against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall. I will gather them into the center of this city.
Jeremiah 32:29
The Babylonians who are attacking this city will break in, set this city on fire, and burn it down. They will burn down the houses of people who made me furious by going up to the roofs to burn incense to Baal and to pour out wine offerings to other gods.'
Jeremiah 37:8-10
Then the Babylonians will return. They will attack the city, capture it, and burn it down.
Jeremiah 38:23
Then I added: All your women and children will be taken out to the Babylonians. You will not escape from them. You will be taken prisoner by the king of Babylonia. And this city will be burned to the ground.
Jeremiah 44:2-6
Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: 'You have seen the destruction I brought on Jerusalem and all the other cities of Judah. Even now they are still in ruins, and no one lives in them.
Lamentations 1:1
She sits alone. She was a town full of people! Once great among the nations she has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced labor!
Ezekiel 33:27-28
Tell them: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: As I am alive, whoever is in the ruined cities will be killed in battle. Whoever is in the open field will become food for wild animals. Whoever is in fortified places and caves will die from plagues.
Amos 3:6
Will the trumpet be blown in a city and the people not be afraid? Will disaster happen to a city and Jehovah not cause it?
Micah 7:13
The earth will become desolate because of the inhabitants and the fruit of their deeds.
Zechariah 1:12
Then the Messenger (Angel) of Jehovah said: Jehovah of Hosts, how much longer until you show compassion to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You have been angry with them for seventy years.
Zechariah 7:14
I will scatter them with a whirlwind among the nations that they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned. They tread down the pleasant land and made it desolate.'
Matthew 22:7
The king was angry, and sent his armies to put the evil servants to death and to destroy their town with fire.