'Devastated' in the Bible

Then it happened at the end of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged and devastated the land of the Ammonites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem [with Bathsheba]. Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins;The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

“And the peaceful folds are devastated and made silentBecause of the fierce anger of the Lord.

“And the destroyer will come upon every city;No city will escape.The [Jordan] valley also will be ruinedAnd the plain will be devastated,As the Lord has said.