Deuteronomy 29:28
29:28 So the
Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”
Leviticus 18:28
18:28 So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it
just as it has vomited out the nations
that were before you.
Leviticus 26:31-35
26:31 I will lay your cities waste
and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.
26:32 I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled.
26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword
after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.
26:34 “‘Then the land will make up for its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths.
26:35 All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it.
Joshua 23:16
23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the
Lord your God which he commanded you to keep,
and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods,
the
Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear
quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”
Isaiah 6:11
6:11 I replied, “How long, sovereign master?” He said,
“Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated,
and houses are uninhabited,
and the land is ruined and devastated,
Isaiah 24:1-3
The Lord Will Judge the Earth
24:1 Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth
and leave it in ruins;
he will mar its surface
and scatter its inhabitants.
24:2 Everyone will suffer – the priest as well as the people,
the master as well as the servant,
the elegant lady as well as the female attendant,
the seller as well as the buyer,
the borrower as well as the lender,
the creditor as well as the debtor.
24:3 The earth will be completely devastated
and thoroughly ransacked.
For the Lord has decreed this judgment.
Jeremiah 44:22
44:22 Finally the
Lord could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses.
Ezekiel 33:28
33:28 I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.
Luke 21:24
21:24 They
will fall by the edge
of the sword and be led away as captives
among all nations. Jerusalem
will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.