Isaiah 24:3 Cross References

Isaiah 24:3

3: The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken!

Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. See how he is scattering the people over the face of the earth.

Then I said, "Lord, how long must I do this?" And he replied, "Until their cities are destroyed, with no one left in them. Until their houses are deserted and the whole country is an utter wasteland.

Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by foreign nations everywhere.

The LORD Almighty says: "When that time comes, I will pull out the stake that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

In great anger and fury the LORD uprooted his people from their land and exiled them to another land, where they still live today!'

Everyone will live quietly in their own homes in peace and prosperity, for there will be nothing to fear. The LORD Almighty has promised this!

So the message of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate for seventy years, just as the prophet had said.

Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the LORD, the God of Israel, have spoken!"

They will find its soil turned into sulfur and salt, with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It will be just like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his anger.

I will destroy your pagan shrines and cut down your incense altars. I will leave your corpses piled up beside your lifeless idols, and I will despise you.
I will make your cities desolate and destroy your places of worship, and I will take no pleasure in your offerings of incense.
Yes, I myself will devastate your land. Your enemies who come to occupy it will be utterly shocked at the destruction they see.
I will scatter you among the nations and attack you with my own weapons. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.
Then at last the land will make up for its missed Sabbath years as it lies desolate during your years of exile in the land of your enemies. Then the land will finally rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

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