Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Desolate
General references
Bible References
Jerusalem
Jeremiah 26:18
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the temple mount a forested hill.’
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the temple mount a forested hill.’
Jeremiah 51:37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble,
a jackals’ den,
a desolation and an object of scorn,
without inhabitant.
a jackals’ den,
a desolation and an object of scorn,
without inhabitant.
Nehemiah 4:2
before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
Psalm 79:1
A psalm of Asaph.God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
Isaiah 25:2 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.
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians
it will never be rebuilt.
Micah 1:6 Therefore, I will make Samaria
a heap of ruins in the countryside,
a planting area for a vineyard.
I will roll her stones into the valley
and expose her foundations.
a heap of ruins
a planting area
I will roll her stones
and expose her foundations.
Micah 3:12 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.
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the hill of the temple mount
will be a thicket.
A den
Jeremiah 10:22 Listen! A noise—it is coming—
a great commotion from the land to the north.
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.
a great commotion
The cities of Judah will be made desolate,
a jackals’ den.
Isaiah 13:22 Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,
and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is almost up;
her days are almost over.
and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is almost up;
her days are almost over.
Isaiah 34:13 Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode for ostriches.
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode
Revelation 18:2
He cried in a mighty voice:
It has fallen,
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt
Desolate
Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
Lamentations 3:47 We have experienced panic and pitfall,
devastation and destruction.
devastation and destruction.
Micah 6:16 The statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s residents an object of contempt;
you will bear the scorn of My people.”
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s
you will bear the scorn of My people.”
General references
Isaiah 24:12 Only desolation remains in the city;
its gate has collapsed in ruins.
its gate has collapsed in ruins.
Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and scoff because of all its wounds.