Isaiah 25:2
For Thou hast made an Ir a heap; 1 a fortified city, 1 a ruin; 1 the stronghold of the zarim (foreigners) to be rebuilt never more. 1
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Deuteronomy 13:16Thou shalt surely strike the inhabitants of that town with the edge of the cherev, in cherem destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the cherev.
Isaiah 13:21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; 1 and their batim (houses) shall be full of owls; 1 and ostriches shall dwell there, 1 and demons shall dance there. 1
Isaiah 14:23I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog, 1 and swamps of mayim; 1 and I will sweep it with the mat'ate (broom) of shmad (destruction), 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1
Isaiah 17:3The fortified city also shall cease from Ephrayim, 1 and the mamlechah from Damascus, 1 and the remnant of Aram (Syria); 1 they shall be like the kavod Bnei Yisroel, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1
Isaiah 23:13Behold, Eretz Kasdim (land of Chaldeans); this people was not, till the Assyrian made it for wild creatures; they raise up the siege towers thereof, they destroyed the palaces thereof; and turned her to ruin. 1
Isaiah 25:12And the fortification of thy high chomot (walls) 1 shall He bring down, lay low, 1 and bring to the ground, even to the aphar (dust).
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 25:2-6
A Song of Praise. ( b. c. 718.) 1 O Lord , thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the… Read the whole commentary →