Jeremiah 4:16
4:16 They are saying,
‘Announce to the surrounding nations,
“The enemy is coming!”
Proclaim this message to Jerusalem:
“Those who besiege cities are coming from a distant land.
They are ready to raise the battle cry against the towns in Judah.”’
Jeremiah 9:11
9:11 The Lord said,
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
Jackals will make their home there.
I will destroy the towns of Judah
so that no one will be able to live in them.”
Jeremiah 33:10
33:10 “I, the Lord, say: ‘You and your people are saying about this place, “It lies in ruins. There are no people or animals in it.” That is true. The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem will soon be desolate, uninhabited either by people or by animals. But happy sounds will again be heard in these places.
Jeremiah 34:22
34:22 For I, the
Lord, affirm that
I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them.”’”
Jeremiah 44:6
44:6 So my anger and my wrath were poured out and burned like a fire through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. That is why they have become the desolate ruins that they are today.’
Deuteronomy 28:49-53
28:49 The
Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth
as the eagle flies,
a nation whose language you will not understand,
28:50 a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.
28:51 They
will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds,
or lambs of your flocks
until they have destroyed you.
28:52 They will besiege all of your villages
until all of your high and fortified walls collapse – those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the
Lord your God has given you.
28:53 You will then eat your own offspring,
the flesh of the sons and daughters the
Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege
by which your enemies will constrict you.
Lamentations 5:11
5:11 They raped women in Zion,
virgins in the towns of Judah.