Psalms 107:34

34 aa fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.

Isaiah 6:11

11Then I said, b“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
Until ccities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,

Isaiah 7:23

23In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels
A  shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver, will become ebriers and thorns.

Isaiah 34:13

13 fThorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of gjackals,
an abode for ostriches.
Or owls

Hosea 9:6

6For behold, they are going away from destruction;
but iEgypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess jtheir precious things of silver;
kthorns shall be in their tents.

Hosea 10:8

8The high places of lAven, mthe sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
nThorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and othey shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
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