Deuteronomy 13:16
"And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again."
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- Joshua 8:28
"And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 49:2
"Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 6:24
"And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 17:1
"The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 25:2
"For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 21:2
"And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities."
Read in chapter → - Micah 1:6
"Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 6:26
"And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it."
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