20 occurrences

'Desolation' in the Bible

For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

Verse ConceptsGod DestroyingDestruction Of CountriesNot Destroyed

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfThreatsSeparation From GodLand Becoming Empty

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyTearsDestruction Of JerusalemEmpty Citiesjerusalem

The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackOut Of The North

They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Countries

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

Verse ConceptsRuinsRefusing To Hear

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Gift70 To 80 YearsServing Kings

to wit , Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

Verse ConceptsHissingMade A Horror

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

Verse ConceptsKeeping Oneself AliveServing KingsServingSurrender

Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsWasteEmpty CitiesBurning JerusalemActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing Cities

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyDestruction Of JerusalemGod Harmed ThemNatural Disasters

so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftMade A HorrorUnbearable Things

O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyMemphisExiled ForeignersBurning CitiesBaggagePreparing To Travel

The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

Verse ConceptsDestruction

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Verse ConceptsBabylonToolsHammers

And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsDivine PurposesEmpty Cities

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Verse ConceptsBabylon DestroyedMade A HorrorCapturing Cities

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesDry PlacesMade A Horror

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