Isaiah 22:2
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2 city full of shouting,
tumultuous city, panic-stricken town?
Your slain are not slain by the sword,
nor are they dead in battle.(A)
Isaiah 32:14
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14 For the palace will be forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
the joy of wild asses,
a pasture for flocks;(A)
Isaiah 47:8
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8 Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,
who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”—(A)
Jeremiah 18:16
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16 making their land a horror,
a thing to be hissed at forever.
All who pass by it are horrified
and shake their heads.(A)
Jeremiah 19:8
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8 And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.(A)
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