Verse 5

Arise, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!

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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 52:13 : 13 He set fire to the house of the LORD, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every significant building in the city.
  • Hos 8:14 : 14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many cities. But I will send fire on their cities, and it will devour their strongholds.
  • Amos 2:5 : 5 'So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.'
  • Amos 3:10-11 : 10 "They do not know how to do what is right," declares the Lord, "storing up violence and robbery in their fortresses." 11 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: "An enemy will surround the land, bring down your strength, and plunder your fortresses."
  • Zech 11:1 : 1 Open your gates, O Lebanon, so that fire may consume your cedars.
  • Jer 9:21 : 21 Speak, this is what the Lord declares: The dead bodies of people will fall like dung on the open field, like bundles left behind by the reaper, with no one to gather them.
  • Jer 17:27 : 27 But if you do not obey Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any loads as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem and will not be extinguished.
  • 2 Chr 36:19 : 19 They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.
  • Ps 48:3 : 3 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Mount Zion in the far north, the city of the great King.