Isaiah 32:13

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“and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.”

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BSBPD

“and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Over the ground of my people thorn--brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 32:13 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
  2. Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
  3. Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
  4. Isaiah 7:23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
  5. Isaiah 22:2O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
  6. Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
  7. Isaiah 34:13Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
  8. Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
  9. Hosea 9:6For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
  10. Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
  11. Revelation 18:7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

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