17 occurrences

'Desolation' in the Bible

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsDestructionDestruction Of Cities

If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it become a desolation, so that no one passeth through because of the beasts;

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

though these three men should be in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.

Verse ConceptsThree MenChildren SufferingSaving Oneself

And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodLand Becoming EmptyUnfaithful

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, the cup of thy sister Samaria;

Verse ConceptsDestructionRelated NationsPeople Appalled

And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste: and they shall know that I am Jehovah, because he saith, The river is mine, and I made it.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyPeople Destroying Foreign NationsPeople Possessing Other Things

Therefore behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt deserts of wasteness and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesEthiopiaAfricaLand Becoming EmptyPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be, in the midst of the cities that are laid waste, a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Verse ConceptsScattering The Peoples

When I shall make the land of Egypt a desolation, and the country shall be left desolate of all that was in it, when I have smitten all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Countries

And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated, so that none shall pass through.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CountriesLand Becoming EmptyThe Mountains Of IsraelThe Proud Will Be AbasedHer Strength

And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CountriesCatastrophic Events

and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutGod's HandGod's Hands Stretched Out

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyDestruction Of Cities

And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth;

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee a desolation.

Verse ConceptsRejoicing Over Justice

As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolated, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be a desolation, O mount Seir, and all Edom, the whole of it: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundRejoicing In Evil

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.

Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilCultivation

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