Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be forsaken, the crowded city will be deserted; 1 the hill and the watchtower will become caves forever, 1 a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; 1

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Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

In Context

13The land of my people will be overgrown with thorns and briers, 1 even in all the once joyful houses in the city of revelry. 1

15until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, 1 and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered as a forest. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:9He burned the house of Yahweh, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; also every important building in the city he burned.

Nehemiah 3:26Now the temple servants living in Ophel repaired to the point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.

Isaiah 3:26Jerusalem's gates will lament and mourn; and she will be alone and sit upon the ground.

Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, 1 “Until cities crash into ruins and are without inhabitants, 1 and the houses are without people, and the land falls into a desolate waste, 1

Isaiah 24:1Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants. 1

Isaiah 24:12In the city is left a desolation, and the gate is broken into a ruin. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:10-20

Joyful Prospects. ( b. c. 726.) 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up… Read the whole commentary →

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