18 occurrences

'Towns' in the Bible

In all your living-places the towns will become broken walls, and the high places made waste; so that your altars may be broken down and made waste, and your images broken and ended, and so that your sun-images may be cut down and your works rubbed out.

Verse ConceptsAbolish, Evil ThingsDestruction Of CitiesDestruction Of Satan's WorksUseless LabourOne's DeedsAbandoning Idols

And the peopled towns will be made waste, and the land will become a wonder; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDestructionDestruction Of Cities

And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesDestruction Of StrongholdsCities Under AttackPeople Appalled

For this cause, I will let the side of Moab be uncovered, and his towns on every side, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and as far as Kiriathaim.

Verse ConceptsCities Under Attack

For this is what the Lord has said: I will make you a waste town, like the towns which are unpeopled; when I make the deep come upon you, covering you with great waters.

Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthEmpty CitiesIn The Heart Of The Sea

I will make the land of Egypt a waste among the countries which are made waste, and her towns will be unpeopled among the towns which have been made waste, for forty years: and I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries.

Verse ConceptsScattering The Peoples

And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

Verse ConceptsCities Under Attack

The young men of On and Pi-beseth will be put to the sword: and these towns will be taken away prisoners.

Verse ConceptsMemphisYoung People SufferingKilling Will Happen

I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyDestruction Of Cities

I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsEternal JudgementEmpty CitiesLand Becoming Empty

For this reason, you mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, to the unpeopled wastes and to the towns where no one is living, from which the goods have been taken and which have been put to shame by the rest of the nations who are round about:

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyCities Under AttackAbandoning ThingsThe Mountains Of Israel

And I will let your numbers be increased, all the children of Israel, even all of them: and the towns will be peopled and the waste places will have buildings;

Verse ConceptsWaste Places RestoredInhabitationGod Multipling PeopleRebuilding JerusalemRebirth Of IsraelValley Of Dry Bones

This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I make you clean from all your evil-doings I will let the towns be peopled and there will be building on the waste places.

Verse ConceptsBuilding CitiesInhabitationBeing Cleansed From Sin

And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheEdenInhabitation

Like sheep for the offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem at her fixed feasts, so the unpeopled towns will be made full of men: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFestivals Observed

And you will say, I will go up to the land of small unwalled towns; I will go to those who are quiet, living, all of them, without fear of danger, without walls or locks or doors:

Verse ConceptsFortificationsVillagesWalled TownsUnguardedEzekiel Invasion

And those who are living in the towns of Israel will go out and make fires of the instruments of war, burning the body-covers and the breastplates, the bows and the arrows and the sticks and the spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them:

Verse ConceptsShieldsJavelinsSeven Years

A space of land twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide is to be for the Levites, the servants of the house, a property for themselves, for towns for their living-places.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodCities In Israel

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