'Waste' in the Bible

And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.

Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

Don't you know that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is expelled as waste?

And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

See, your house is made waste

If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?