Verse 1
Behold, the LORD{H3068} maketh the earth{H776} empty{H1238}{(H8802)}, and maketh it waste{H1110}{(H8802)}, and turneth{H5753}{(H8765)} it upside down{H6440}, and scattereth abroad{H6327}{(H8689)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 42:15 : 15 I will make waste{H2717}{(H8686)} mountains{H2022} and hills{H1389}, and dry up{H3001}{(H8686)} all their herbs{H6212}; and I will make{H7760}{(H8804)} the rivers{H5104} islands{H339}, and I will dry up{H3001}{(H8686)} the pools{H98}.
- Nah 2:10 : 10 She is empty{H950}, and void{H4003}, and waste{H1110}{(H8794)}: and the heart{H3820} melteth{H4549}{(H8738)}, and the knees{H1290} smite together{H6375}, and much pain{H2479} is in all loins{H4975}, and the faces{H6440} of them all gather{H6908}{(H8765)} blackness{H6289}.
- Luke 21:24 : 24 And{G2532} they shall fall{G4098}{(G5699)} by the edge{G4750} of the sword{G3162}, and{G2532} shall be led away captive{G163}{(G5701)} into{G1519} all{G3956} nations{G1484}: and{G2532} Jerusalem{G2419} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} trodden down{G3961}{(G5746)} of{G5259} the Gentiles{G1484}, until{G891} the times{G2540} of the Gentiles{G1484} be fulfilled{G4137}{(G5686)}.
- Jer 4:7 : 7 The lion{H738} is come up{H5927}{(H8804)} from his thicket{H5441}, and the destroyer{H7843}{(H8688)} of the Gentiles{H1471} is on his way{H5265}{(H8804)}; he is gone forth{H3318}{(H8804)} from his place{H4725} to make{H7760}{(H8800)} thy land{H776} desolate{H8047}; and thy cities{H5892} shall be laid waste{H5327}{(H8799)}, without an inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}.
- Jer 9:16 : 16 I will scatter{H6327}{(H8689)} them also among the heathen{H1471}, whom neither they nor their fathers{H1} have known{H3045}{(H8804)}: and I will send{H7971}{(H8765)} a sword{H2719} after{H310} them, till I have consumed{H3615}{(H8763)} them.
- Ezek 5:2 : 2 Thou shalt burn{H1197}{(H8686)} with fire{H217} a third part{H7992} in the midst{H8432} of the city{H5892}, when the days{H3117} of the siege{H4692} are fulfilled{H4390}{(H8800)}: and thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8804)} a third part{H7992}, and smite{H5221}{(H8686)} about{H5439} it with a knife{H2719}: and a third part{H7992} thou shalt scatter{H2219}{(H8799)} in the wind{H7307}; and I will draw out{H7324}{(H8686)} a sword{H2719} after{H310} them.
- Ezek 5:14 : 14 Moreover I will make{H5414}{(H8799)} thee waste{H2723}, and a reproach{H2781} among the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} thee, in the sight{H5869} of all that pass by{H5674}{(H8802)}.
- Ezek 6:6 : 6 In all your dwellingplaces{H4186} the cities{H5892} shall be laid waste{H2717}{(H8799)}, and the high places{H1116} shall be desolate{H3456}{(H8799)}; that your altars{H4196} may be laid waste{H2717}{(H8799)} and made desolate{H816}{(H8799)}, and your idols{H1544} may be broken{H7665}{(H8738)} and cease{H7673}{(H8738)}, and your images{H2553} may be cut down{H1438}{(H8738)}, and your works{H4639} may be abolished{H4229}{(H8738)}.
- Ezek 12:20 : 20 And the cities{H5892} that are inhabited{H3427}{(H8737)} shall be laid waste{H2717}{(H8799)}, and the land{H776} shall be desolate{H8077}; and ye shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}.
- Ezek 24:11 : 11 Then set{H5975}{(H8687)} it empty{H7386} upon the coals{H1513} thereof, that the brass{H5178} of it may be hot{H3179}{(H8799)}, and may burn{H2787}{(H8804)}, and that the filthiness{H2932} of it may be molten{H5413}{(H8738)} in it{H8432}, that the scum{H2457} of it may be consumed{H8552}{(H8799)}.
- Ezek 35:14 : 14 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; When the whole earth{H776} rejoiceth{H8055}{(H8800)}, I will make{H6213}{(H8799)} thee desolate{H8077}.
- Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD{H3068} shall scatter{H6327}{(H8689)} you among the nations{H5971}, and ye shall be left{H7604}{(H8738)} few{H4962} in number{H4557} among the heathen{H1471}, whither the LORD{H3068} shall lead{H5090}{(H8762)} you.
- Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD{H3068} shall scatter{H6327}{(H8689)} thee among all people{H5971}, from the one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other{H7097}; and there thou shalt serve{H5647}{(H8804)} other{H312} gods{H430}, which neither thou nor thy fathers{H1} have known{H3045}{(H8804)}, even wood{H6086} and stone{H68}.
- Deut 32:26 : 26 I said{H559}{(H8804)}, I would scatter them into corners{H6284}{(H8686)}, I would make the remembrance{H2143} of them to cease{H7673}{(H8686)} from among men{H582}:
- 2 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And I will stretch{H5186}{(H8804)} over Jerusalem{H3389} the line{H6957} of Samaria{H8111}, and the plummet{H4949} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256}: and I will wipe{H4229}{(H8804)} Jerusalem{H3389} as a man wipeth{H4229}{(H8799)} a dish{H6747}, wiping{H4229}{(H8804)} it, and turning{H2015}{(H8804)} it upside down{H6440}.
- Neh 1:8 : 8 Remember{H2142}{(H8798)}, I beseech thee, the word{H1697} that thou commandedst{H6680}{(H8765)} thy servant{H5650} Moses{H4872}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If ye transgress{H4603}{(H8799)}, I will scatter you abroad{H6327}{(H8686)} among the nations{H5971}:
- Ps 146:9 : 9 The LORD{H3068} preserveth{H8104}{(H8802)} the strangers{H1616}; he relieveth{H5749}{(H8766)} the fatherless{H3490} and widow{H490}: but the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} he turneth upside down{H5791}{(H8762)}.
- Isa 1:7-9 : 7 Your country{H776} is desolate{H8077}, your cities{H5892} are burned{H8313}{(H8803)} with fire{H784}: your land{H127}, strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} devour{H398}{(H8802)} it in your presence, and it is desolate{H8077}, as overthrown{H4114} by strangers{H2114}{(H8801)}. 8 And the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} is left{H3498}{(H8738)} as a cottage{H5521} in a vineyard{H3754}, as a lodge{H4412} in a garden of cucumbers{H4750}, as a besieged{H5341}{(H8803)} city{H5892}. 9 Except{H3884} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} had left{H3498}{(H8689)} unto us a very small{H4592} remnant{H8300}, we should have been{H1961}{(H8804)} as Sodom{H5467}, and we should have been like{H1819}{(H8804)} unto Gomorrah{H6017}.
- Isa 2:19 : 19 And they shall go{H935}{(H8804)} into the holes{H4631} of the rocks{H6697}, and into the caves{H4247} of the earth{H6083}, for{H6440} fear{H6343} of the LORD{H3068}, and for the glory{H1926} of his majesty{H1347}, when he ariseth{H6965}{(H8800)} to shake terribly{H6206}{(H8800)} the earth{H776}.
- Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay{H7896}{(H8799)} it waste{H1326}: it shall not be pruned{H2168}{(H8735)}, nor digged{H5737}{(H8735)}; but there shall come up{H5927}{(H8804)} briers{H8068} and thorns{H7898}: I will also command{H6680}{(H8762)} the clouds{H5645} that they rain{H4305}{(H8687)} no rain{H4306} upon it.
- Isa 6:11-12 : 11 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} I, Lord{H136}, how long? And he answered{H559}{(H8799)}, Until the cities{H5892} be wasted{H7582}{(H8804)} without inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)}, and the houses{H1004} without man{H120}, and the land{H127} be utterly{H8077} desolate{H7582}{(H8735)}, 12 And the LORD{H3068} have removed{H7368} men{H120} far away{H7368}{(H8765)}, and there be a great{H7227} forsaking{H5805} in the midst{H7130} of the land{H776}.
- Isa 7:17-25 : 17 The LORD{H3068} shall bring{H935}{(H8686)} upon thee, and upon thy people{H5971}, and upon thy father's{H1} house{H1004}, days{H3117} that have not come{H935}{(H8804)}, from the day{H3117} that Ephraim{H669} departed{H5493}{(H8800)} from Judah{H3063}; even the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day{H3117}, that the LORD{H3068} shall hiss{H8319}{(H8799)} for the fly{H2070} that is in the uttermost part{H7097} of the rivers{H2975} of Egypt{H4714}, and for the bee{H1682} that is in the land{H776} of Assyria{H804}. 19 And they shall come{H935}{(H8804)}, and shall rest{H5117}{(H8804)} all of them in the desolate{H1327} valleys{H5158}, and in the holes{H5357} of the rocks{H5553}, and upon all thorns{H5285}, and upon all bushes{H5097}. 20 In the same day{H3117} shall the Lord{H136} shave{H1548}{(H8762)} with a razor{H8593} that is hired{H7917}, namely, by them beyond{H5676} the river{H5104}, by the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, the head{H7218}, and the hair{H8181} of the feet{H7272}: and it shall also consume{H5595}{(H8799)} the beard{H2206}. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day{H3117}, that a man{H376} shall nourish{H2421}{(H8762)} a young{H1241} cow{H5697}, and two{H8147} sheep{H6629}; 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance{H7230} of milk{H2461} that they shall give{H6213}{(H8800)} he shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} butter{H2529}: for butter{H2529} and honey{H1706} shall every one eat{H398}{(H8799)} that is left{H3498}{(H8737)} in{H7130} the land{H776}. 23 And it shall come to pass in that day{H3117}, that every place{H4725} shall be, where there were a thousand{H505} vines{H1612} at a thousand{H505} silverlings{H3701}, it shall even be for briers{H8068} and thorns{H7898}. 24 With arrows{H2671} and with bows{H7198} shall men come{H935}{(H8799)} thither; because all the land{H776} shall become briers{H8068} and thorns{H7898}. 25 And on all hills{H2022} that shall be digged{H5737}{(H8735)} with the mattock{H4576}, there shall not come thither{H935}{(H8799)} the fear{H3374} of briers{H8068} and thorns{H7898}: but it shall be for the sending forth{H4916} of oxen{H7794}, and for the treading{H4823} of lesser cattle{H7716}.
- Isa 24:20 : 20 The earth{H776} shall reel{H5128}{(H8799)} to and fro{H5128}{(H8800)} like a drunkard{H7910}, and shall be removed{H5110}{(H8712)} like a cottage{H4412}; and the transgression{H6588} thereof shall be heavy{H3513}{(H8804)} upon it; and it shall fall{H5307}{(H8804)}, and not rise{H6965}{(H8800)} again{H3254}{(H8686)}.
- Isa 27:10 : 10 Yet the defenced{H1219}{(H8803)} city{H5892} shall be desolate{H910}, and the habitation{H5116} forsaken{H7971}{(H8794)}, and left{H5800}{(H8737)} like a wilderness{H4057}: there shall the calf{H5695} feed{H7462}{(H8799)}, and there shall he lie down{H7257}{(H8799)}, and consume{H3615}{(H8765)} the branches{H5585} thereof.
- Isa 29:16 : 16 Surely your turning of things upside down{H2017}{(H8800)} shall be esteemed{H2803}{(H8735)} as the potter's{H3335}{(H8802)} clay{H2563}: for shall the work{H4639} say{H559}{(H8799)} of him that made{H6213}{(H8802)} it, He made{H6213}{(H8804)} me not? or shall the thing framed{H3336} say{H559}{(H8804)} of him that framed{H3335}{(H8802)} it, He had no understanding{H995}{(H8689)}?
- Isa 32:13-14 : 13 Upon the land{H127} of my people{H5971} shall come up{H5927}{(H8799)} thorns{H6975} and briers{H8068}; yea, upon all the houses{H1004} of joy{H4885} in the joyous{H5947} city{H7151}: 14 Because the palaces{H759} shall be forsaken{H5203}{(H8795)}; the multitude{H1995} of the city{H5892} shall be left{H5800}{(H8795)}; the forts{H6076} and towers{H975} shall be for dens{H4631} for{H5704} ever{H5769}, a joy{H4885} of wild asses{H6501}, a pasture{H4829} of flocks{H5739};
- Isa 33:9 : 9 The earth{H776} mourneth{H56}{(H8804)} and languisheth{H535}{(H8797)}: Lebanon{H3844} is ashamed{H2659}{(H8689)} and hewn down{H7060}{(H8804)}: Sharon{H8289} is like a wilderness{H6160}; and Bashan{H1316} and Carmel{H3760} shake off{H5287}{(H8802)} their fruits.
- Jer 40:15 : 15 Then Johanan{H3110} the son{H1121} of Kareah{H7143} spake{H559}{(H8804)} to Gedaliah{H1436} in Mizpah{H4709} secretly{H5643}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Let me go{H3212}{(H8799)}, I pray thee, and I will slay{H5221}{(H8686)} Ishmael{H3458} the son{H1121} of Nethaniah{H5418}, and no man{H376} shall know{H3045}{(H8799)} it: wherefore should he slay{H5221}{(H8686)}{H5315} thee, that all the Jews{H3064} which are gathered{H6908}{(H8737)} unto thee should be scattered{H6327}{(H8738)}, and the remnant{H7611} in Judah{H3063} perish{H6}{(H8804)}?
- Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel{H3478} is a scattered{H6340}{(H8801)} sheep{H7716}; the lions{H738} have driven him away{H5080}{(H8689)}: first{H7223} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} him; and last{H314} this Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath broken his bones{H6105}{(H8765)}.
- Acts 17:6 : 6 And{G1161} when they found{G2147}{(G5631)} them{G846} not{G3361}, they drew{G4951}{(G5707)} Jason{G2394} and{G2532} certain{G5100} brethren{G80} unto{G1909} the rulers of the city{G4173}, crying{G994}{(G5723)},{G3754} These{G3778} that have turned{G387} the world{G3625} upside down{G387}{(G5660)} are come{G3918}{(G5748)} hither{G1759} also{G2532};
- Jas 1:1 : 1 James{G2385}, a servant{G1401} of God{G2316} and{G2532} of the Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547}, to the twelve{G1427} tribes{G5443} which{G1722} are scattered abroad{G1290}, greeting{G5463}{(G5721)}.
- Zech 13:7-9 : 7 Awake{H5782}{(H8798)}, O sword{H2719}, against my shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)}, and against the man{H1397} that is my fellow{H5997}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}: smite{H5221}{(H8685)} the shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)}, and the sheep{H6629} shall be scattered{H6327}{(H8799)}: and I will turn{H7725}{(H8689)} mine hand{H3027} upon the little ones{H6819}{(H8802)}. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land{H776}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, two{H8147} parts{H6310} therein shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)} and die{H1478}{(H8799)}; but the third{H7992} shall be left{H3498}{(H8735)} therein. 9 And I will bring{H935}{(H8689)} the third part{H7992} through the fire{H784}, and will refine{H6884}{(H8804)} them as silver{H3701} is refined{H6884}{(H8800)}, and will try{H974}{(H8804)} them as gold{H2091} is tried{H974}{(H8800)}: they shall call{H7121}{(H8799)} on my name{H8034}, and I will hear{H6030}{(H8799)} them: I will say{H559}{(H8804)}, It is my people{H5971}: and they shall say{H559}{(H8799)}, The LORD{H3068} is my God{H430}.