12 occurrences

'Desolation' in the Bible

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Verse ConceptsRuinsRefusing To Hear

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Gift70 To 80 YearsServing Kings

To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

Verse ConceptsHissingMade A Horror

Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsWasteEmpty CitiesBurning JerusalemActual Attacks On JerusalemCapturing Cities

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyDestruction Of JerusalemGod Harmed ThemNatural Disasters

So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftMade A HorrorUnbearable Things

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror

Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfScoffingDisdainHissingMade A Horror

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Verse ConceptsBabylonToolsHammers

And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsDivine PurposesEmpty Cities

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesDry PlacesMade A Horror

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