For the fortified city lies deserted--a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare. Cross References Isaiah 7:21 On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, Isaiah 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear. Isaiah 25:2 Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. Isaiah 32:13 and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers--even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever--the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks-- Isaiah 32:19 But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths. Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. Isaiah 49:21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?'" Jeremiah 25:37 The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD's burning anger. Jeremiah 52:27 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land. Treasury of Scripture Yet the defended city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. the defenced Isaiah 5:9,10 Isaiah 6:11,12 Isaiah 17:9 there shall the Isaiah 7:25 Isaiah 17:2 Isaiah 32:13,14 |