5 occurrences

'Desolate' in the Bible

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?"

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithCrowds Around JesusSeeking FoodTemporary Stay In The WildernessWhere Are Things?Feeding The Poor

Look, your house is left to you desolate!

Verse ConceptsEmpty Places

His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"

Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithFeeding Groups

For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband."

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessSinglenessBarren, LandLabour PainsPerspective

The ten horns that you saw, and the beast -- these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseNakednessTen ThingsPeople Stripping PeopleHorns In AllegoryAnimals Eating PeopleCosmic CreaturesBurning PeopleHating IndividualsFalse Religious Systemwhores

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Barren (62 instances)
Depopulate (2 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Devastate (25 instances)
Estranged (14 instances)
Forsake (97 instances)
Hopeless (8 instances)
Ravage (15 instances)
Scourge (23 instances)
Stark (4 instances)

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