16 occurrences in 7 translations

'Devastated' in the Bible

Your land is devastated, your cities burned with fire. Right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders. They leave behind devastation and destruction.

Verse ConceptsForeignersPeace, Human Destruction OfPoverty, Causes OfDestruction Of CountriesBurning CitiesSuffering From ForeignersStrangers in israelAliens

The Lord brings this chargeagainst the elders and leaders of His people:“You have devastated the vineyard.The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingWicked RulersVineyardMetaphorical VineyardsRulers, Wicked

Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,Houses are without peopleAnd the land is utterly desolate,

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesEmpty Cities

However, before the youth knows enough to reject what's wrong and choose what's right, the land whose two kings you dread will be devastated."

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyRejectionParents Being Wrongmanhood

An oracle against Moab:Ar in Moab is devastated,destroyed in a night.Kir in Moab is devastated,destroyed in a night.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InDisastersDuring One Night

Therefore let Moab wail;let every one of them wail for Moab.Mourn, you who are completely devastated,for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

Here is a message about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShips

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment.

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodDestruction Of The World

The earth is completely devastated;the earth is split open;the earth is violently shaken.

Verse ConceptsThe Earth

Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated all these countries and their lands.

Verse ConceptsPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

""Didn't you hear how in the distant past I decided to do it, how I planned from days of old? Now I've made it happen that fortified cities become devastated, besieged heaps.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises OfHistoryDestruction Of CitiesHearing About GodGod Planning Of OldGod's Plans

"This what the LORD says: "I'll answer you in a time of favor, and on a day of salvation I'll help you. I have watched over you, and given you as a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to reassign the inheritances that have been devastated;

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newThe Accepted TimeGrace, In OtLast DaysOpportunities, And SalvationSeasons, Of LifeSustaining ProvidenceA Time Of SalvationGod AnsweredRight Time For GodInheritanceAcceptanceGod's TimingRecoveryFavorGods TimingA New Daycovenanthelphelpingpreservation

Your builders are working faster than your destroyers, and those who devastated you go away from you.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Destroy

Indeed, your ruins, your desolate places, and your devastated land will now be too crowded for your inhabitants, while those who swallowed you up will be far away.

Verse ConceptsWaste Places RestoredFar From Here

For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you shall perish, and the nations shall be utterly devastated.

Verse ConceptsServing PeopleAnnihilation

They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will build again the ruined cities, they will build again the places devastated for many generations.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsBeginningRuinsBuilding CitiesArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredRepairingRebuilding JerusalemRenewalbridgesrebuilding

Bible Theasaurus

Desolate (212 instances)
Devastate (25 instances)
Devastated (65 instances)
Ravage (15 instances)

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