Isaiah 17:2-11
“In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.”
King James Version
Israel's fortified cities left desolate, fulfilled in the Assyrian devastation of the northern kingdom.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:5-6 Isaiah 10:3
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