O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle. Cross References Isaiah 10:4 Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. Isaiah 23:7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away? Isaiah 32:13 and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers--even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever--the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks-- Jeremiah 14:18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.'" Lamentations 1:1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave. Lamentations 2:20 Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? Ezekiel 22:5 Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil. Zephaniah 2:15 This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: "I am it, and there is none besides me," what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. Treasury of Scripture You that are full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: your slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. that art Isaiah 22:12,13 Isaiah 23:7 Isaiah 32:13 thy slain Isaiah 37:33,36 Jeremiah 14:18 Jeremiah 28:3 |