Cross References I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant. Matthew 23:38 Behold, your house shall be left to you, desolate. Leviticus 26:31 Insomuch that I will bring your cities to be a wilderness: and I will make your sanctuaries desolate: and will receive no more your sweet odours. Isaiah 6:11 And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate. Isaiah 14:26 This is the counsel, that I have purposed upon all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations. Jeremiah 9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord may come that he may declare this, why the land hath perished, and is burnt up like a wilderness, which none passeth through? Zephaniah 2:5 Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant. Zechariah 7:14 And I dispersed them throughout all kingdoms, which they know not: and the land was left desolate behind them, so that no man passed through or returned: and they changed the delightful land into a wilderness. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant. cut. Isaiah 10:1-34 Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice: . . . Isaiah 15:1-16:14 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent. . . . Isaiah 19:1-25 The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof. . . . Isaiah 37:11-13,24-26,36 Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered? . . . Jeremiah 25:9-11 Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. . . . Jeremiah 25:18-26 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof: to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse, as it is at this day. . . . Nahum 2:1-3:19 He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly. . . . 1 Corinthians 10:6,11 Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things, as they also coveted. . . . towers. Context The Judgment on Jerusalem…5The just Lord is in the midst thereof, he will not do iniquity: in the morning, in the morning he will bring his judgment to light, and it shall not be hid: but the wicked man hath not known shame. 6I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant.7I said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early, and corrupted all their thoughts.… Lexicon “I have cut offהִכְרַ֣תִּי (hiḵ·rat·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the nations; גוֹיִ֗ם (ḡō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts their corner towers פִּנּוֹתָ֔ם (pin·nō·w·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain are destroyed. נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ (nā·šam·mū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy I have made הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי (he·ḥĕ·raḇ·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill their streets {deserted} חֽוּצוֹתָ֖ם (ḥū·ṣō·w·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors with no one מִבְּלִ֣י (mib·bə·lî) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as to pass through. עוֹבֵ֑ר (‘ō·w·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on Their cities עָרֵיהֶ֛ם (‘ā·rê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement are laid waste, נִצְדּ֧וּ (niṣ·dū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6658: To chase, to desolate with no מִבְּלִי־ (mib·bə·lî-) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as man, אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person no מֵאֵ֥ין (mê·’ên) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle inhabitant. יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry Additional Translations “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land for all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt. I have cut off nations: their battlements are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. I have cut off nations, their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is no inhabitant. I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant. 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