1:8 Daughter Zion
like a hut in a vineyard,
or a shelter in a cucumber field;
she is a besieged city.
14:17 Is this the one who made the world like a desert,
who ruined its
and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’
17:1 Here is a message about Damascus:
“Look, Damascus is no longer a city,
it is a heap of ruins!
22:9 You saw the many breaks
in the walls of the city of David;
you stored up water in the lower pool.
23:16 “Take the harp,
go through the city,
forgotten prostitute!
Play it well,
play lots of songs,
so you’ll be noticed!”
33:8 Highways are empty,
there are no travelers.
Treaties are broken,
witnesses are despised,
human life is treated with disrespect.
37:34 He will go back the way he came –
he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.
37:35 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”
42:11 Let the desert and its cities shout out,
the towns where the nomads of Kedar live!
Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully;
let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.
48:2 Indeed, they live in the holy city;
they trust in
whose name is the Lord who commands armies.
54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your children will conquer
and will resettle desolate cities.
61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins
and restore the places that were desolate;
they will reestablish the ruined cities,
the places that have been desolate since ancient times.
62:12 They will be called, “The Holy People,
the Ones Protected
You will be called, “Sought After,
City Not Abandoned.”
64:10 Your chosen
Zion has become a desert,
Jerusalem
66:6 The sound of battle comes from the city;
the sound comes from the temple!
It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies.