Verse 28

he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:14 : 14 With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.
  • Job 18:15 : 15 What does not belong to him will dwell in his tent; burning sulfur will be scattered over his dwelling.
  • Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room, and you live alone in the midst of the land. 9 The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants. 10 For ten acres of vineyard will yield only a single bath of wine, and a homer of seed will produce merely an ephah of grain.
  • 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?
  • Jer 26:18 : 18 'Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the temple mount will become overgrown with thickets.”'
  • Jer 51:37 : 37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals, a horror and an object of scorn, without inhabitant.
  • Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.