'Wastes' in the Bible

“His flesh wastes away from sight,And his bones which were not seen stick out.

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

“For he will be like a bush in the desertAnd will not see when prosperity comes,But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,A land of salt without inhabitant.

Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,