Quotes about Cities
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
- Isaiah 14:17
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
- Isaiah 14:21
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
- Isaiah 17:2
In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
- Isaiah 17:9
In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
- Isaiah 19:18
Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
- Isaiah 25:3
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- Isaiah 36:1
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
- Isaiah 37:26
Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
- Isaiah 40:9
Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
- Isaiah 42:11
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Isaiah 61:4
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
- Isaiah 64:10