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Hesekiel 7:24
I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated. (niv)
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Jeremia 44:2
“ This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. Today they lie deserted and in ruins (niv)
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Micha 7:13
The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the result of their deeds. (niv)
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Jeremia 44:6
Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out; it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins they are today. (niv)
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Hesekiel 24:21
Say to the people of Israel,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary— the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword. (niv)
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Hesekiel 6:14
And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah— wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’” (niv)
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Jeremia 44:22
When the Lord could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse and a desolate waste without inhabitants, as it is today. (niv)
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Hesekiel 30:6-7
“‘ This is what the Lord says:“‘ The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to Aswan they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign Lord.“‘ They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities. (niv)
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Jeremia 25:11
This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years. (niv)
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Jesaja 6:11
Then I said,“ For how long, Lord?” And he answered:“ Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged, (niv)
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Jeremia 9:11
“ I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.” (niv)
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Hesekiel 6:2-6
“ Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel; prophesy against themand say:‘ You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.I will lay the dead bodies of the Israelites in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.Wherever you live, the towns will be laid waste and the high places demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols smashed and ruined, your incense altars broken down, and what you have made wiped out. (niv)
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2 Chronik 36 21
The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah. (niv)
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Sacharja 7:13-14
“‘ When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.‘ I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.’” (niv)
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Hesekiel 36:34-35
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it.They will say,“ This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.” (niv)
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Hesekiel 12:20
The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” (niv)
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Hesekiel 15:8
I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign Lord.” (niv)
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Jeremia 16:16
“ But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord,“ and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks. (niv)
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Hesekiel 36:4
therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the rest of the nations around you— (niv)