Job 15:28
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And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
In other translations
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן׀vaiyishkonand he dweltH7931עָרִים'arimcitiesH5892נִכְחָדוֹתnikhchadotdestroyedH3582בָּתִּיםbatimhousesH1004לֹא־lo'-[which] notH3808יֵשְׁבוּyeshevupeople will dwellH3427לָמוֹlamo<for> themselvesאֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834הִתְעַתְּדוּhit'ateduthey are destinedH6257לְגַלִּים׃legalimfor heaps of stonesH1530
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Related verses
- Job 3:14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
- Jeremiah 51:37And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Jeremiah 26:18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
- Isaiah 5:8-108 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. 9 I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. 10 For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
- Jeremiah 9:11And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
- Job 18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
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