Bible Cross References
country
Isaiah 5:5
"Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge around it, break down the wall that protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
Isaiah 5:6
I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
Isaiah 5:9
I have heard the LORD Almighty say, "All these big, fine houses will be empty ruins.
Isaiah 6:11
I asked, "How long will it be like this, Lord?" He answered, "Until the cities are ruined and empty---until the houses are uninhabited---until the land itself is a desolate wasteland.
Isaiah 24:10-12
10
In the city everything is in chaos, and people lock themselves in their houses for safety.
11
People shout in the streets because there is no more wine. Happiness is gone forever; it has been banished from the land.
12
The city is in ruins, and its gates have been broken down.
Leviticus 26:34
Then the land will enjoy the years of complete rest that you would not give it; it will lie abandoned and get its rest while you are in exile in the land of your enemies.
Deuteronomy 28:51
They will eat your livestock and your crops, and you will starve to death. They will not leave you any grain, wine, olive oil, cattle, or sheep; and you will die.
2 Chronicles 28:5
Because King Ahaz sinned, the LORD his God let the king of Syria defeat him and take a large number of Judeans back to Damascus as prisoners. The LORD also let the king of Israel, Pekah son of Remaliah, defeat Ahaz and kill 120,000 of the bravest Judean soldiers in one day. The LORD, the God of their ancestors, permitted this to happen, because the people of Judah had abandoned him.
2 Chronicles 28:16-21
16
The Edomites began to raid Judah again and captured many prisoners, so King Ahaz asked Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, to send help.
17
(SEE 28:16)
18
At this same time the Philistines were raiding the towns in the western foothills and in southern Judah. They captured the cities of Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, and the cities of Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages, and settled there permanently.
19
Because King Ahaz of Judah had violated the rights of his people and had defied the LORD, the LORD brought troubles on Judah.
20
The Assyrian emperor, instead of helping Ahaz, opposed him and caused him trouble.
21
So Ahaz took the gold from the Temple, the palace, and the homes of the leaders of the people, and gave it to the emperor, but even this did not help.
Psalm 107:34
He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
Psalm 107:39
When God's people were defeated and humiliated by cruel oppression and suffering,
Jeremiah 6:8
People of Jerusalem, let these troubles be a warning to you, or else I will abandon you; I will turn your city into a desert, a place where no one lives."
burned
Isaiah 9:5
The boots of the invading army and all their bloodstained clothing will be destroyed by fire.
Isaiah 34:9
The rivers of Edom will turn into tar, and the soil will turn into sulfur. The whole country will burn like tar.
Jeremiah 2:15
They have roared at him like lions; they have made his land a desert, and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.
strangers
Isaiah 5:17
In the ruins of the cities lambs will eat grass and young goats will find pasture.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow, while you receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment.
Deuteronomy 28:43
"Foreigners who live in your land will gain more and more power, while you gradually lose yours.
Deuteronomy 28:48-52
48
So then, you will serve the enemies that the LORD is going to send against you. You will be hungry, thirsty, and naked---in need of everything. The LORD will oppress you harshly until you are destroyed.
49
The LORD will bring against you a nation from the ends of the earth, a nation whose language you do not know. They will swoop down on you like an eagle.
50
They will be ruthless and show no mercy to anyone, young or old.
51
They will eat your livestock and your crops, and you will starve to death. They will not leave you any grain, wine, olive oil, cattle, or sheep; and you will die.
52
They will attack every town in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and the high, fortified walls in which you trust will fall.
Lamentations 5:2
Our property is in the hands of strangers; foreigners are living in our homes.
Ezekiel 30:12
I will dry up the Nile and put Egypt under the power of evil people. Foreigners will devastate the whole country. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Hosea 7:9
and do not realize that this reliance on foreigners has robbed them of their strength. Their days are numbered, but they don't even know it.
Hosea 8:7
When they sow the wind, they will reap a storm! A field of grain that doesn't ripen can never produce any bread. But even if it did, foreigners would eat it up.