5 occurrences

'Devastate' in the Bible

And the people saw him, and they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given into our hand those who hate us, devastate our land, and have {killed many of us}."

Verse ConceptsPraise, Reasons ForVictory, As An Act Of GodGiven Into One's Hands

Look! Yahweh [is] about to lay the earth waste and [is] about to devastate it, and he will twist her surface, and he will scatter her inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsChaosWasteScattering The PeoplesDestruction Of The World

Therefore a lion from [the] forest will kill them, A wolf [from the] desert plains will devastate them. A leopard [is] watching their cities, everyone [who] goes out from there will be torn, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are numerous.

Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions

By the swords of warriors I will cause to fall your hordes [by] [the most] ruthless of [the] nations, all of them, and they will devastate the majesty of Egypt, and all of its hordes will be destroyed.

Verse ConceptsKilled With The SwordThe Proud Will Be Abased

For I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land," {declares} Yahweh. "Look, I [am] going to cause humankind to fall, each into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king; and they will devastate the land, and I will not deliver [anyone] from their hand."

Verse ConceptsGod Without Mercypity

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