'Devastation' in the Bible

three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes with the sword of your enemy overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord—a plague on the land, the angel of the Lord bringing destruction to the whole territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

If only my grief could be weighedand my devastation placed with it in the scales.

Come, see the works of the Lord,who brings devastation on the earth.

A large population is a king’s splendor,but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.

A fool’s mouth is his devastation,and his lips are a trap for his life.

What will you do on the day of punishmentwhen devastation comes from far away?Who will you run to for help?Where will you leave your wealth?

But disaster will happen to you;you will not know how to avert it.And it will fall on you,but you will be unable to ward it off.Devastation will happen to you suddenlyand unexpectedly.

These two things have happened to you:devastation and destruction,famine and sword.Who will grieve for you?How can I comfort you?

Violence will never again be heard of in your land;devastation and destructionwill be gone from your borders.But you will name your walls salvationand your gates, praise.

A voice cries out from Horonaim,“devastation and great disaster!”

We have experienced panic and pitfall,devastation and destruction.

Even so, there will be survivors left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. Indeed, they will come out to you, and you will observe their conduct and actions. Then you will be consoled about the devastation I have brought on Jerusalem, about all I have brought on it.

You will be filled with drunkenness and grief,with a cup of devastation and desolation,the cup of your sister Samaria.

For even if they flee from devastation,Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;thorns will invade their tents.

Woe because of that day!For the Day of the Lord is nearand will come as devastation from the Almighty.

Desolation, decimation, devastation!Hearts melt,knees tremble,loins shake,every face grows pale!

Herds will lie down in the middle of it,every kind of wild animal.Both the desert owl and the screech owlwill roost in the capitals of its pillars.Their calls will sound from the window,but devastation will be on the threshold,for He will expose the cedar work.