Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

13Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

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

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:9He burned the LORD’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.

Nehemiah 3:26(Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)

Isaiah 3:26Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste,

Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

Isaiah 24:12The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

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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