Verse 12

Only desolation is left in the city; the gate is battered into ruins.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 32:14 : 14 For the palace will be deserted, the bustling city abandoned; the hill and the watchtower will become wastelands forever—a delight for wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks.
  • Jer 9:11 : 11 Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through?
  • Lam 1:1 : 1 How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She has become like a widow, great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, now a slave.
  • Lam 1:4 : 4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.
  • Lam 2:9 : 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and princes are among the nations, and there is no law. Even her prophets receive no vision from the LORD.
  • Lam 5:18 : 18 Mount Zion, which lies desolate, is now roamed by foxes.
  • Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wound is incurable; it has even reached Judah. It has reached the gates of my people, even to Jerusalem itself.
  • Mic 1:12 : 12 The inhabitants of Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
  • Matt 22:7 : 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.