'Inhabitants' in the Bible

Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

“Circumcise yourselves to the LordAnd remove the foreskins of your heart,Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,Or else My wrath will go forth like fireAnd burn with none to quench it,Because of the evil of your deeds.”

“Their houses shall be turned over to others,Their fields and their wives together;For I will stretch out My handAgainst the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord.

“At that time,” declares the Lord, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.

From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses;At the sound of the neighing of his stallionsThe whole land quakes;For they come and devour the land and its fullness,The city and its inhabitants.

For thus says the Lord,“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the landAt this time,And will cause them distress,That they may be found.”

“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster.

then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with drunkenness!

and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates:

then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds.”’

and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold I am about to bring a calamity upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle.

This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants,” declares the Lord, “so as to make this city like Topheth.

I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence.

“Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing:The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood;And they strengthen the hands of evildoers,So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.All of them have become to Me like Sodom,And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

For behold, I am beginning to work calamity in this city which is called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the Lord of hosts.’

“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them,‘The Lord will roar from on highAnd utter His voice from His holy habitation;He will roar mightily against His fold.He will shout like those who tread the grapes,Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”

because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their leaders, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?” declares the Lord.

Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I spoke to them but they did not listen, and I have called them but they did not answer.’”

I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the calamity that I have declared to them—but they did not listen.”’”

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.”

Egypt rises like the Nile,Even like the rivers whose waters surge about;And He has said, “I will rise and cover that land;I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.”

“Make your baggage ready for exile,O daughter dwelling in Egypt,For Memphis will become a desolation;It will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants.

“Give wings to Moab,For she will flee away;And her cities will become a desolation,Without inhabitants in them.

“Leave the cities and dwell among the crags,O inhabitants of Moab,And be like a dove that nestsBeyond the mouth of the chasm.

“Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths,O inhabitants of Dedan,For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon himAt the time I punish him.

Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

“Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths,O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares the Lord;“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against youAnd devised a scheme against you.

“Against the land of Merathaim, go up against it,And against the inhabitants of Pekod.Slay and utterly destroy them,” declares the Lord,“And do according to all that I have commanded you.

“Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is His name;He will vigorously plead their caseSo that He may bring rest to the earth,But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,“And against the inhabitants of BabylonAnd against her officials and her wise men!

Thus says the Lord:“Behold, I am going to arouse against BabylonAnd against the inhabitants of Leb-kamaiThe spirit of a destroyer.

Lift up a signal against the walls of Babylon;Post a strong guard,Station sentries,Place men in ambush!For the Lord has both purposed and performedWhat He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

“But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares the Lord.

So the land quakes and writhes,For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand,To make the land of BabylonA desolation without inhabitants.

“May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,”The inhabitant of Zion will say;And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”Jerusalem will say.

“Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals,An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants.