'Devoured' in the Bible
Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, 'Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?'
They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.
Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.
Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.
Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!"
They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields.
But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.
They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!
Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.
All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said, 'We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the Lord, their true pasture. They have sinned against the Lord in whom their ancestors trusted.'
"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.
"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out."
She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
"After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared -- one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.
"Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others. It was very dreadful, with two rows of iron teeth and bronze claws, and it devoured, crushed, and trampled anything that was left with its feet.
The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.