Incomprehensible –
Where is the land of my people? Why are the land of my people thorns and briars? Why does the land of my people in which thorns and briars come up? How are the land of my people thorns and briars? Yes, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, for the land of my people in which thorns and briars come up; yes, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city why do we beat our breast? Where are the joyful houses? Where is the jubilant city? Yes, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, for the land of my people in which thorns and briars come up; yes, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city why do we beat our breast?
Isaiah 32:14
“Because the palace has been abandoned, the populated city forsaken. Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks."
Isaiah 13:22; 25:2; 34:13 – the palace
“Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers and jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come and her days will not be prolonged.”
Isaiah 25:2; 32:14; 34:13
“For You have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin; a palace of strangers is a city no more, it will never be rebuilt.”
Isaiah 17:1; 26:5; 27:10; 32:19; Isaiah 17:3; 25:12; Isaiah 13:22; 32:14; 34:13
“Thorns will come up in its fortified cities; it will also be a haunt of jackals and an abode of ostriches.”
Isaiah 13:22; 25:2; 32:13; Psalm 44:19; Jeremiah 9:11; 10:22
Isaiah 6:11; 22:2; 24:10, 12 – city forsaken
“Then I said, ‘Lord, how long?’ And He answered, ‘Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, house are without people and the land is utterly desolate.’”
Psalm 79:5; Leviticus 26:31; Isaiah 1:7, 3:8, 26
“You who were full of noise, you boisterous town, you exultant city; your slain were not slain with the sword, nor did they die in battle.”
Isaiah 23:7; 32:13; Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentations 2:20
“The city of chaos is broken down; every house is shut up so that none may enter.”
Isaiah 34:11; Isaiah 23:1
“Desolation is left in the city and the gate is battered to ruins.”
Isaiah 14:31; 45:2
Isaiah 13:21; 34:13 – caves
“But desert creatures will lie down there, and their houses will be full of owls; ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there.”
Isaiah 34:11-15; Zephaniah 2:14; Revelation 18:2
“Thorns will come up in its fortified cities; it will also be a haunt of jackals and an abode of ostriches.”
Isaiah 13:22; 25:2; 32:13; Psalm 44:19; Jeremiah 9:11; 10:22
Psalm 104:11; Jeremiah 14:6 – wild donkeys
“They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.”
Psalm 104:13; Job 39:5
“The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals, their eyes fail for there is no vegetation.”
Job 39:5, 6; Jeremiah 2:24; Joel 1:18
Intention of these prayers: the palace, city forsaken, caves, and wild donkeys.