Isaiah 25:2 “Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

World English Bible

For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.

American Standard Version

For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

Geneva Bible 1599

For thou hast made of a citie an heape, of a strong citie, a ruine: euen the palace of strangers of a citie, it shall neuer be built.

Darby Translation

For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.

Young's Literal Translation

For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from [being] a city, To the age it is not built.

Bible in Basic English

For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.

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Cross references

“For”

Isaiah 17:1 Isaiah 25:12 Isaiah 14:23 Isaiah 21:9 Isaiah 23:13 Deuteronomy 13:16

Isaiah 17:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

Isaiah 25:12 · BSB

The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

Isaiah 14:23 · BSB

“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Isaiah 21:9 · BSB

Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Isaiah 23:13 · BSB

Look at the land of the Chaldeans — a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

Deuteronomy 13:16 · BSB

And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, ne…

“palace”

Isaiah 13:22 Revelation 18:19 Revelation 18:2 Revelation 18:3

Isaiah 13:22 · BSB

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

Revelation 18:19 · BSB

Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”

Revelation 18:2 · BSB

And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

Revelation 18:3 · BSB

All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

Also

Isaiah 17:3

Isaiah 17:3 · BSB

The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders— plans formed long ago— in perfect faithfulness.

3Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

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