Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever. for Isaiah 25:12 And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust. Isaiah 14:23 And I will make it a possession for the ericius and pools of waters, and I will sweep it and wear it out with a besom, saith the Lord of hosts. Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones. Isaiah 21:9 Behold this man cometh, the rider upon the chariot with two horsemen, and he answered, and said: Babylon is fallen, she is fallen, and all the graven gods thereof are broken unto the ground. Isaiah 23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrians founded it: they have led away the strong ones thereof into captivity, they have destroyed the houses thereof, they have, brought it to ruin. Deuteronomy 13:16 And all the household goods that are there, thou shalt gather together in the midst of the streets thereof, and shall burn them with the city itself, so as to comsume all for the Lord thy God, and that it be a heap for ever: it shall be built no more. Jeremiah 51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord. Nahum 3:12-15 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. . . . palace Isaiah 13:22 And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure. Revelation 18:2,3,19 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird: . . . Context A Song of Praise for God's Favor1O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt O thee, and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done wonderful things, thy designs of old faithful, amen. 2For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever.3Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.… Cross References Deuteronomy 13:16 And all the household goods that are there, thou shalt gather together in the midst of the streets thereof, and shall burn them with the city itself, so as to comsume all for the Lord thy God, and that it be a heap for ever: it shall be built no more. Job 12:14 If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a man, there is none that can open. Isaiah 13:22 And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure. Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones. Isaiah 17:3 And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts. Isaiah 23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof. Isaiah 25:12 And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust. Isaiah 26:5 For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust. Isaiah 27:10 For the strong city shall be desolate, the beautiful city shall be forsaken, and shall be left as a wilderness: there the calf shall feed, and there shall he lie down, and shall consume its branches. Isaiah 32:14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks. Isaiah 32:19 But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low. Isaiah 34:13 And thorns and nettles shall grow up in its houses, and the thistle in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be the habitation of dragons, and the pasture of ostriches. Isaiah 37:26 Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed. Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Juda desolate, for want of an inhabitant. Lexicon Indeed,כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction You have turned שַׂ֤מְתָּ (śam·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set the city מֵעִיר֙ (mê·‘îr) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement into a heap of rubble, לַגָּ֔ל (lag·gāl) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1530: Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water a fortified בְצוּרָ֖ה (ḇə·ṣū·rāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose town קִרְיָ֥ה (qir·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7151: A town, city into ruins; לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה (lə·map·pê·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4654: Something fallen, a ruin the fortress אַרְמ֤וֹן (’ar·mō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 759: A citadel of strangers זָרִים֙ (zā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery [is] a city [no more]; מֵעִ֔יר (mê·‘îr) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement it will never לְעוֹלָ֖ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always be rebuilt. יִבָּנֶֽה׃ (yib·bā·neh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build Additional Translations Indeed, You have turned the city into a heap of rubble, a fortified town into ruins; the fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.For you have made of a city an heap; of a defended city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 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. For thou hast made cities a heap, even cities made strong that their foundations should not fall: the city of ungodly men shall not be built for ever. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Jump to Previous Age Aliens Broken Built Castle City Defenced End Fenced Foreigners Fortified Heap High Mass Palace Pride Rebuilt Rubble Ruin Strangers Strong Stronghold Tower Walls WasteJump to Next Age Aliens Broken Built Castle City Defenced End Fenced Foreigners Fortified Heap High Mass Palace Pride Rebuilt Rubble Ruin Strangers Strong Stronghold Tower Walls WasteExternal Links Isaiah 25:2 NIVIsaiah 25:2 NLT Isaiah 25:2 ESV Isaiah 25:2 NASB Isaiah 25:2 ASV Isaiah 25:2 Bible Apps Isaiah 25:2 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 25:2 Chinese Bible Isaiah 25:2 French Bible Isaiah 25:2 German Bible Alphabetical: a be city For foreigners fortified have heap into is it made more never no of palace rebuilt rubble ruin strangers stronghold the town will You OT Prophets: Isaiah 25:2 For you have made a city into (Isa Isi Is) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |