Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
Desolate
Which are ready
Bible References
Desolate
Job 3:14
I would be with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins.
Job 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
Isaiah 5:8
Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).
Which are ready
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 26:18
Years ago when Hezekiah was king of Judah, a prophet named Micah from the town of Moresheth said: 'Jehovah of Hosts says, Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the Temple now stands.'
Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.
Micah 3:12
It is your fault that Zion will be plowed like a field. Jerusalem will become heaps of ruin, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.